Because your heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before God when you heard what he spoke against this place and its people, and because you humbled yourself before me and tore your robes and wept in my presence, I have heard you, declares the LORD.
Now I will gather you to your fathers, and you will be buried in peace. Your eyes will not see all the disaster I am going to bring on this place and on those who live here.’” So they took her answer back to the king. - 2 Chron. 34:27-28 NIV
Josiah could not change the history of Judah and he could not change the punishment that would be inflicted on Judah for their disobedience, but because of his faithfulness, he would see peace and prosperity in his lifetime. Perhaps we need to take the posture of Josiah, we need to atone for our sins and not concentrate on our history or our future. What God has ordained for our country and the world is already being put in place. There is nothing we can to do stop his divine plan, but we can bring peace and prosperity to our own lives by restoring the covenant God made with us, by worshipping God alone rather than the gods of this world. Once we tear down the idols in our lives, we can live lives as God intended them to be. We can be complete in him in a world that is increasingly falling apart.
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