It was lost, but is now found!

Recently, like last night, I was studying some scripture and preparing for a FCA event, Fields of Faith. This is a night set nationally by FCA for students to gather at a local football field or set location for a time of scripture reading, testimonies, and worship. The scripture to be read is from 2 Chronicles 34. I wasn't familiar with this scripture so I read it last night, again, again, and again. It was amazing! Josiah was king. He was 8 years old when he began his reign. For me, this was amazing in itself. He was a young boy who did what was right in the eyes of God. It says he did not stray to the right or to the left. I thought this was incredible. That this young boy was steadfast and strong. Then, when he was 16 he began to tear down strong holds and strong places in the land. These strong places was altars that had been built in honor of Baal and other gods and idol. Josiah had enough passion and courage in himself at 16 that he stood up and began to make needed changes. Then, he began to clean the temple. He paid for the cleaning dream team to come in and purify what had been defiled and restored what was messed up. In their cleaning the clutter and junk from the temple they found the Law. This Law had been missing for 55 years! Imagine how messed that place must have been!?!

In doing this study and reading, God was bringing to my attention the "Josiah experience" that I had this summer. My life was getting cluttered. I had built high places to new gods. And in doing so, I had lost the Word. I had lost a passion to hear and read from the Lord. God began to place a desire in my heart for a new thing to be done. As I began to draw near to Him, He began to draw near to me. Things began to surface and I was able to tear down altars and high places that I had built without knowing. In doing this, the Bible, God's Word was found! As I began to seek and dig into scriptures, it was so new and real to me. I had never encountered the Word of God like this before. It had been lost in all my clutter, but now through the Light, it has been found. God is continuing to reveal new and fabulous things from His heart. These things can be heard and seen in His Word and through prayer. I pray that you along with me will continue to be aware of the clutter in our lives and that we, like Josiah, will clean and purge what's in our lives so that His word can be found.