8 years old…

 8 years old…. 

It is interesting to find and read through the list of kings in Judah…this on did what’s was evil…this one did what was right…here is a boy, a good boy in the midst of evil king after evil king who chose to do what  was right from an early age…

We don’t much about his mother except her name…but, she may have instilled godly values, words into his young mind and heart as opposed to his wicked father…

2 Kings 22,23, 2 Chronicles 33-35, Jeremiah 1, 22 all speak of him…

As his people were cleaning out the temple they found God’s Word,   which was read to Josiah and to the people…I have always found that interesting…they had to find the Word …and then reading it, they were, humbled,  in awe and changed…

It still does that today…we are humbled, convicted, and have the opportunity to change through Christ by the reading of the Word… 

Because as David said…

“ Your word is a lamp for my feet,a light on my path. Your statutes are my heritage forever;they are the joy of my heart. My heart is set on keeping your decrees to the very end.”

Ps.119.105,Ps.119.111-112

Thank YOU….

 Even small children are known by their actions,so is their conduct really pure and upright?

Prov.20.11

 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem thirty-one years. His mother’s name was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah; she was from Bozkath. He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and followed completely the ways of his father David, not turning aside to the right or to the left.

2Kgs.22.1-2

 Neither before nor after Josiah was there a king like him who turned to the Lord as he did—with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, in accordance with all the Law of Moses.

2Kgs.23.25

Your words….

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqaA8XBI15o

https://www.biblestudytools.com/topical-verses/josiah-in-the-bible/