Today's encouragement comes from 2 Kings 22:8, where we read these words:
"Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, 'I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD.' And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it."This blessed incident (recorded above) led to the great reforms, revival, and reformation of the Old Covenant church—largely led by the good and faithful king of Judah, Josiah. The "book" that was "found" was probably a scroll of the Book of Deuteronomy.
When the church discovers (or re-discovers) the Bible—sometimes, very good things happen. And note God's order: the clergyman finds the Scripture; he then passes its message along to the magistrate (Shaphan), who himself ends up making sure that King Josiah hears it read aloud. Had God's Word not been received with faith and repentance by Josiah—none of his marvel-ous reforms would have taken place at all.
[Puritan quote of the day: "Let us pray that God will preserve pure ordinances and powerful preaching among us. Idolatry came in at first by the lack of good preaching.” —Thomas Watson, in, "The Ten Commandments"]
