Lord,
we've read good things about King Josiah (2 Chronicles 34:15,33) - but
it wasn't all good: "He did not listen to the words of Neco from the
mouth of God ... " (2 Chronicles 35:22-24). After Josiah's time, there
was terrible spiritual decline (2 Chronicles 36:1-2 / 2 Kings 23:31-32; 2
Chronicles 36:,5,9,11-12). We think of today's world. We wonder, "Is
there any hope for the future?" Help us to
draw encouragement from this: "The Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus,
king of Persia ... to build Him a house at Jerusalem" (2 Chronicles
36:22-23) - and help us to say to our neighbours, "Let us go to the
House of the Lord" (Psalm 122:1). Help us, Lord, to keep on believing
that the time of Your blessing may not be far away.
By Your grace, Lord, You call us to be Your soldiers and servants. Help us not to be "fearful and fainthearted" (Deuteronomy 19:19). Help us to be "good soldiers of Jesus Christ" (2 Timothy 2:3). When we hear your challenging question: "Who is on the Lord's side?", may we give our committed answer: "By Thy call of mercy, by Thy grace divine, we are on the Lord's side; Saviour, we are Thine."
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