Thurs.’s Devo- Your testimony

Read 2 Kings 22:3-23:30, Acts 21:37-22:16, Ps. 1:1-6, Pr. 18:11-12 Josiah brought about the greatest reform of all the kings. He even tore down Jeroboam’s altar. His reign is a picture of what Jesus will do when he returns. When Jesus comes the second time he will be on a white horse and he will cleanse the land of idolatry. He will fight the battle of Armageddon in the same field that Josiah fought his last battle - the valley of Megiddo which is another name for Armageddon. In Acts, Paul is being carried to prison and asks the guard if he could address the people. When the guard realizes that Paul is a Jew, he lets him speak. Paul speaks to them in Hebrew to get their attention. He then begins by telling them his testimony. Our testimony is something no one can take from us. It is how we overcome…with the blood of the lamb and the word or our testimony. That is what the devil wants to steal. He can’t have our soul, but he can steal our testimony or weaken it by enticing us into sin. How many God-fearing pastors and spiritual leaders have been snared away by a temptation that totally stole their testimony. Too many to count. If we could keep that in mind, we would be aware of the devil’s tactics and not fall to the brief moment of pleasure or the lure of money. We need to do what Psalms 1 tells us today: to not get our counsel from ungodly people and not hang around them or join in their sins. And if we would meditate - really study and consider- God’s Word then we’ll be stable and a refreshment to others. Lord, help us to be like Josiah and Paul and the godly man the Psalms talks about. Let our testimony be blameless and powerful for You.