Mon.’s Devo - Sudden Change

Read: 2 Chronicles 29:1-36; Romans 14:1-23; Psalm 24:1-10
Finally, a king who does right in the sight of the Lord as David had done. David seems to be the standard that God used to judge the kings. Hezekiah opened the doors of the temple that Ahaz had shut and sanctified it of all the idolatry that had been brought into it. Young men had died on the battle field and the women had been taken captive all because of the nation’s sin of turning from God. The Levites gathered their tribe together and were restored back to their positions as priests. They began cleansing the temple on first day of the month of Passover and had it ready for operation in 8 days. They began by offering sin offerings to atone for the sin of their nation. Repentance must come first. Then they restored the worship and the instruments of worship. They sang the words of the Psalms. There were so many animals offered the priests couldn’t handle all the preparations so the Levites had to help. The writer made a point to say that it was done suddenly. This should be encouragement to us. We are seeing God restore our nation and it is happening quickly. We are about to witness the largest revival that has ever happened in the world. God is putting people in position and restoring people’s gifts. It is happening suddenly.
Paul was trying to get the people to see that everyone has a personal walk with the Lord and just because we feel convicted in an area doesn’t mean God is convicting everyone else in that same area. What might be wrong for one person, might not be wrong for another. God sees our hearts and knows where our weaknesses are and the things that trip us up. He will work on those areas. What a person eats might be a big deal to one person, but not important to another. The bottom line is that we can not judge one another’s convictions or actions, we can only judge our own. Everything we do must be in faith and in right standing with God. If our conscience is clear then we can walk in peace.
Lord, may we live our lives so that they edify you and others. May your change in our nation be sudden.