Seize the Moment – Day 883
A Responsive Heart!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Wednesday, August 17.
I have the privilege of preaching once per month in a state prison, the New Castle Correctional Facility. It is a privilege to be invited inside to minister to my brothers, and it’s a ministry opportunity that I look forward to because the men are so responsive to God’s Word!
How do you respond to the Word of God?
In 2 Kings 22, repairs were being done to the temple when Hilkiah the priest found a lost book of the Law, believed to have been a copy of Deuteronomy (5-8). Shaphan the scribe read the book to King Josiah, and in verse 11, the king responded to God’s Word by tearing his clothes as an outward sign of his grief. The Word of God revealed to him God’s covenant promises, he now knew that there was a coming wrath for their sins.
Josiah was the last good king of Judah, and he responded to God’s Word by inquiring of the Lord what he must do. In 2 Kings 22:19-20, the response of God to Josiah, given by Huldah the prophetess, is recorded:
“Because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants that they should become a desolation and a curse, and you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I truly have heard you,” declares the Lord. “Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace, and your eyes will not see all the evil which I will bring on this place.”
God responds to tender hearts! Do you have a tender heart for the Lord and His Word?
Seize the moment and respond to God’s Word with obedience (John 14:15, 21, 23; 1 John 5:3; 2 John 6). Be responsive to the Holy Spirit’s prompting today!