Sun.’s Devo - A Good King

Read: 2 Kings 18:1-8: 2 Chron. 29-31; Ps. 48
I wish every leader would read about King Hezekiah of Judah. He was the first king after David to take down the high places and rid the country of idolatry and God prospered the land and he was able to rid the oppression of the enemy. They no longer paid tribute to the Assyrians. That is like being free from your past with no repercussions - total freedom to prosper.
We get the details in the Chronicles. The first thing he did was to replace the doors. The door is Jesus but they had used many other ways to worship God. The door was the first thing that needed to be established. There is no way to the father except through the Son. Next, Hezekiah sanctified the priests. We are all priests to the Lord. Then he established Passover and called the people to come and repent. Many mocked and laughed, but some of the people humbled themselves and came. The people rid the temple of its false worship and worshipped God is spirit and in truth. Once the temple was cleansed, the people went back to their own homes and tore down their high places. The people started bringing sacrifices and tithes to the temple. They had so much they had more than enough to run the temple. This is the way our churches should run - totally debt-free.
Lord, You are our God for ever and ever: God will be our guide even unto death. Great is the Lord!