To follow the Lord

Then the king stood by a pillar and made a covenant before the LORD, to follow the LORD and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes, with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people took a stand for the covenant. – 2 Kings 23v3

Josiah had the kind of dedication that is far too often missing in the lives of God’s people. His response to the word of God was clear. There was no doubt that he had an experience with the word of God.

When he received the teaching he made a covenant with God. He promised to follow God and keep His word with all of his heart and soul and to do what God sad.

That is all pretty simple when we read about some Old Testament king doing it. It is a little harder when we determine to apply the same principles to our own. We often want God, but only in small doses. We want Him as long as He does not get in the way of our every day lives. We want Him as long as He fits into our little god box.

I long to have the totally sold out attitude that Josiah had. If God says it I want the kind of life that will just simply obey it with all my heart.