Cleaning house

Thus Josiah removed all the abominations from all the country that belonged to the children of Israel, and made all who were present in Israel diligently serve the Lord their God. All his days they did not depart from following the Lord God of their fathers. – 2 Chronicles 34.33

We’ve mentioned Josiah back in the 2 Kings’ account of his life. Every time I read about him though I am more and more impressed by the kind of boy and man he was.

When it came time to clean things up Josiah didn’t do things halfway. He removed ALL the abominations. He had ALL who were there serve the Lord. He did not depart from the Lord ALL the days of his life.

Josiah was not a guy who did things half way. When he decided to lead the country to follow God He was serious about it. He got rid of everything that did not belong.

That's really God’s desire for us today to. When we follow Him we ought to strive to clean house just like Josiah did. Most of the time though we are like the rest of the kids. We do right, but… Or, we follow the Lord except in the matter of…

What kind of things do we hold back in the dim recesses of our heart? What are those pet sins we can’t quite see to get rid of?

Josiah is our example. Maybe it's time for you and me to clean house like he did.