Hearts and Offerings
2 Chronicles 29:31
Then Hezekiah said, "You have now dedicated yourselves to the LORD. Come and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the temple of the LORD." So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all whose hearts were willing brought burnt offerings.
Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz...the kings go by, their hearts' condition unremarked. Then good King Hezekiah arrives, an oasis of righteousness in the increasingly parched history of Israel. Somehow he had in him the spirit of true worship, as David had. In his first month, he opened the doors of the temple and energized the Levites to restore the temple.
There was music, offerings, praise and worship. As the 36th verse notes, everyone rejoiced, because God had done it all so quickly. God, please work in our hearts. Make us willing to bring offerings, even sacrificial ones.
Then Hezekiah said, "You have now dedicated yourselves to the LORD. Come and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the temple of the LORD." So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all whose hearts were willing brought burnt offerings.
Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz...the kings go by, their hearts' condition unremarked. Then good King Hezekiah arrives, an oasis of righteousness in the increasingly parched history of Israel. Somehow he had in him the spirit of true worship, as David had. In his first month, he opened the doors of the temple and energized the Levites to restore the temple.
There was music, offerings, praise and worship. As the 36th verse notes, everyone rejoiced, because God had done it all so quickly. God, please work in our hearts. Make us willing to bring offerings, even sacrificial ones.
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