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The King Who Discovered God's Word 0:18 Welcome to Awaken to Grace. Today is part 2 of our study of king Josiah. I'm calling today the king who discovered god's word. As we0:30 saw in part 1, Josiah set himself to seek after god. He continuously progressed spiritually, but friends, 1 great thing was missing in his life. At this0:42 point, they did not have scripture. It had been hidden, most likely preserved, but yet no 1 knew about it. The way the text reads, they didn't even know they0:54 were missing it. Well, the lesson we are learning in the life of king Josiah is that far too many of us are just like him. While we love God, while we seek God, while we desire his1:06 will and do our best to live right, far too many of us neglect. We overlook scripture in our daily life. Today, I wanna talk about what a difference1:18 it makes when we discover God's word just like King Josiah did. This is part 2 of the king who discovered God's word. If you've missed1:30 any of my series on the kings, go to my website, awakened to grace dot com, download my free mobile app, Awakened to Grace, and you can1:41 hear the entirety of this great series on the kings of the old testament. Today is the conclusion, king Josiah, the king who discovered God's word.2:03 Do you walk with God? Do you live life with God? Do you pray without ceasing? Do you are you always in tune with the Lord? Can God2:15 speak to you at any moment, at any part of the day and your ears are opening and you're listening for the voice of the Lord? Has God become your God?2:28 Because let me tell you, God wants to be mighty personal with you. You say, Chad just how personal? Let me tell you, he has the hairs of your head numbered. And you know how well the Lord2:40 knows us. Let me tell you I don't even know the number of the hairs of my head. That tells me God knows me better than what I even know myself. The bible says he knows2:51 our uprisings, he knows our down settings, he knows our going ins and he knows our coming out. The bible says he knows everything about us. So why would you not talk to him all3:03 day? Why would you not let him in on all the decisions? Why would we compartmentalize certain areas of our life and why would we keep certain rooms of3:15 our life only for us and not allow the Lord Jesus in? Is he personal? Is he yours? I think verse number 8 is3:27 a great word for us today. Make sure he is your Lord God. Verses 9 to 14, I find intriguing.3:39 So he's going to call for people to bring offerings to repair the temple, not just in Jerusalem, not just in Judah, and not just in Benjamin, but to3:51 the remnant of Israel. Remember what we said? The Northern Kingdom been now led into captivity, and now the remnant that is left of Israel, he even welcomes them and says, hey, Give offerings to what God is4:03 doing. You know what I think? There's a word here for our church because I was thinking about this this week. You know, right now, I'm praying we have a we have a crusade in Pakistan on September4:15 5th where we are anticipating 12 to 15000 people that night. And what makes it even better to me, this is in a4:26 region where Taliban lives. It will be the most significant Pakistan event that we have done to date, and we've done this since July 20 18.4:38 Every single month, we send 300 a month for Urdu Bibles in Pakistan. And the team contacted me and said, Chad, we need4:50 1000 Urdu Bibles. Well, I'm not good with math, but they're 6 dollars and 50 cents. And I immediately went, Oh,5:02 6500 dollars on top of the 1st John project. And I told the Lord, I said, Lord, I can't ask the church about this.5:14 We we have stretched as hard as we can stretch for 1st John. Lord, we just can't do it. And the Holy Spirit reminded me and said, Chad, is it your work or is it my work? Because I don't need you5:25 to be in charge. Okay. I hear you, Lord. So I began praying. Lord, it's your5:37 work. You do however you desire to do. You just show us the path and we'll be faithful to go. But you know, I've been thinking, if you are part of this church,5:51 I'm afraid sometimes it may feel a little overwhelming because there's this project, and there's this project, and there's this project. Perhaps you're somebody that at times you've6:03 just said, I don't know I don't know what to say, but I can't do everything. And you know what? You're right. You can't do everything. But you know, I think there's a principle here for us,6:15 and the principle is that the Word went out, and you know what the word basically was, verses 9 to 14, the word is this, engage in God's work. And you know what I think the principle6:27 is? No 1 can do everything, but everyone can do something. Can we say amen to that? Amen. No 1 can do6:39 everything, but everyone can do something. Here is the point. The invitation from God is clear. Engage in my work.6:51 And I don't know what that looks like for you. There are times that God says to me personally, I want you to put your hand toward this. And then there are other times the Lord says, No, I don't want you to be part of7:02 that. Just pray for it. I'll take care of it. I have my people. You know, sometimes the Lord has to remind me his kingdom does not depend on me. He has his7:14 people. And there are some things I can do, and there are some things I can't do or that I'm not supposed to do. All I'm supposed to do is walk in those good works that I was created in Christ7:25 before the foundations of the world were ever laid to walk in them, Ephesians 2 verse 18. And same for you. So if you're in a church like ours, where at times you're7:37 going, Oh my goodness, they're given to, oh, they're given the Bible translation, and I was part of that. Now they're doing Bibles for Urdu, and gosh, they're doing student stuff and they're doing awaken and they're7:46 doing this missions project and we got this going on for the homeless and over here, I can't do it all. Yeah. No, you can't. And you're not supposed to. No 1 can do7:58 everything, but everyone can do something. The point is engage in the work of God as God leads you. Can we say amen to that? Amen. And that just8:10 takes all the pressure off, doesn't it? The pressure is not on us. The pressure's on God. Why? Because it's his work and it's his kingdom. We are just8:22 simply called to pray and to engage ourselves. However, the Lord tells us to engage either by prayer, by giving, or by going and serving 1 or the other.8:33 Alright. Verse number 15. This is when everything changes. Now this is fascinating to me. Watch the progression. Came8:45 to the throne at age 8, began to seek God at 16, cleansed the land of idolatry at age 20, began to repair the temple of the Lord at age 26. But there was8:57 something missing in all of this progression. Verse number 15, while they're cleaning out the temple and clearing out the temple, what are they clearing out of it? Idolatry. Manasseh had setEngage in the Work of God 9:09 up all of this crazy idol stuff. And apparently, because they were worried about Manasseh destroying the Word9:21 of God. Some godly priest must have been during Manasseh's reign, hid, preserved a copy of the Word of God.9:33 And now this godly priest named Hilkiah, he's in the temple doing what the king commanded and he's repairing and he's restoring the temple and and and and he's really set Judah back in9:45 order. It's really thrilling to me when you read all the details of verses 9 to 14. The Bible has 1 phrase in there that really jumps out to me, and it says, they did their work faithfully. Oh, I love that.9:57 How many times have we read in Chronicles they were faithless? No, not these people, not this generation. They were faithful. Made me stop and take inventory of10:09 my pastoral work, am I faithful in what God has called me to do? Your ministry that God equips you to do either at work, or in your neighborhood, or in your sphere of friends, or with your10:20 family, or here within the church, whatever God has your hands to, are you faithful in it? These people were faithful. And now this godly man and this10:33 faithful man, he finds a copy of the word of God. It was hidden. It was tucked away. I believe it was preserved. And you know what the point10:45 is? Here Josiah was setting himself to seek God, cleansing the land of idolatry, repairing the temple, and engaging in the work of God. And all the while, what was missing in10:57 his life was the word of God. Is the same true for you? Oh, you come to church? Good. You serve on a team? Good. You11:08 share Jesus with people. They know you're Christian. They know you pray. They know that that you're trying to do God's work. Oh, that's great. You go to bible study or small groups and that's good too. You11:20 perhaps like Josiah, you're doing many of the right things, but what's missing in your life is the word. The daily11:32 rhythm, nurturing, feeding of your soul, the word of God. Let me tell you what Satan will tell many of us. Satan will tell us,11:45 no. See, there Chad goes again talking about them elite Christians. No. Oh, talking about those navy seal Christians. Oh, no. Only11:57 only people like preachers can read the bible every day and understand it. Oh, what a liar he is. Or he'll tell you, oh, you gotta read an entire book a day12:08 to make any progress. No. Oh, you have to read a chapter a day to make any No. People ask me all the time, Chad, how do you read the Bible?12:20 And I know what they mean. They mean being blind. How to but you know what I tell everybody? As slowly as I can. I read the Bible as slow as possible. Do you know why?12:33 If you came up to me after church and said, Pastor Chad, the Lord has put on my heart to take you to Chop House to get you a rib eye steak, Which is fine. I'm available after service. I'm12:45 free to go with anyone. No, that's not true. I'm not available. I have next steps. But anyways, but we can schedule something. So anyway, if you say,12:57 Chad, I'm gonna get you, what what would you what what size rib eye would you like? You know, 6, 9, 12, 20 ounce. I'll take 20. Thank13:08 you. Do you know how I'm gonna eat that steak? Oh, if you've ever sat down and ate steak with me, you13:20 know I will savor it. I will enjoy it. The goal is not to fly through it. The goal is to enjoy, to13:32 have it nurture me, to have it bring good things to me. No. I treat the word of God the exact same way. My goal is not to fly through it.13:44 My goal is to savor it. My goal is to let it impact me. My goal is to get all the nutrients out of it for my spiritual soul. Can we say amen today?13:58 The word of God makes all the difference. And let me tell you, there is only 1 pathway to God. And you know what that path is? His14:09 word. It's not nature. So many people will go, oh, I can be with God out in the woods. Oh, I can be with God14:21 on the lake. Oh, I can be close No, my friends. God is found in his word. God is not found in our interest.14:33 Some people will go, well, I've I've never so close to God as when I'm gardening. I'm never so close to God than when I'm baking. I'm never so close to God than when I'm tuning and fixing my cars.14:45 Hey, listen. You may have great skill. You You may have great skill in those areas. You may have great interest and you may have great, abilities and all that. And listen, there may be an element of14:57 truth to that that you're in your purpose and God's using you to do what you're created. Hey, I don't disagree with that, But that's not the path to God. The path to GodThe Discovery of God's Word 15:09 is in His Word. Does that make sense? And if you're shorting yourself the Word of God, you're shorting yourself all that God wants15:21 to say to you and all that he wants to do in you. Can God use your gardening? By all means. Can God use you as a mechanic? Oh, yeah. Can God use you? Hey, get15:33 out on the lake and worship God. I'm not saying those things are all wrong. I'm saying they don't take the place of his word in our life.15:44 So when all that you do and all of your responsibilities and all that you enjoy and everything that comprises your life, don't neglect the word of God.15:57 Everything changed for for Josiah when they discovered God's word. And I know the same will be true in your life. When you discover16:10 the daily rhythm of God's word, everything would change for you. So verse 19 and verse 27, I want you to see how Josiah reacted. They read16:21 for him for the 1st time the word of God. Didn't even know it existed, the way the text reads. They didn't even know it was missing. Some of you precious people are the16:33 exact same way. You think church is enough, and you don't even realize fully what's missing out of your life. Oh, I've come to tell you good gospel news, my precious friends.16:45 If you're not in the word every day, and I'm not talking about hours upon hours. I'm not talking about chapters upon chapters. I'm let me tell you. Sometimes God speaks to me through 116:57 verse. Sometimes he speaks to me through 1 word. But some of you don't even know it's missing, just like Josiah.The Right Response to God's Word 17:10 So he hears it and the bible says he does something very dramatic. He rips his clothes. Not like Superman ripping your clothes. No. In the old testament, this was17:22 an act of humility. Clothing was outrageously expensive. Clothing was very difficult to obtain. You didn't go to the17:34 mall and pick out your wardrobe. They were few and far between. And to rip your clothing said to God, I'm serious17:46 about this. Verse number 27, I want you to note this. Number 1, his heart became tender toward God. You know, that's what the word of God does for us. It softens our heart.17:59 If someone today filled with anger, you need God's word in you. It will soften you. You're someone today filled with rage and jealousy, you need God's word, it will18:11 soften you. You're someone holding a grudge today, you need God's word. If somebody's fighting bitterness today, you need God's word. God's18:23 word will help you. It made his heart tender toward God. It's a precious thing. It's a precious thing to be tender toward God. Some of18:35 you, oh, I feel the Holy Spirit right now. The this I don't know who this is for, but the Holy Spirit wants to say this to you. Some of you walk into this building week after week and you cry your eyes out and18:47 you're so embarrassed. Oh, let me tell you, you don't be embarrassed by that. You're tender toward God. God would applaud that. You18:58 don't be embarrassed. That's the devil telling you that, amen? Amen. You be tender toward God. What happened? Verse 27, his heart became tender to God. He greatly humbled himself.19:10 He tore his garments. And what does it say? He wept before the Lord. What a response to God's word. Can you imagine? Listen, forgive me. I19:22 I I'm I'm not I'm not just plugging the September 5th Pakistan crusade, but I'm very serious. Can you imagine what it's going to be for many in that crowd of 12 to19:33 15000 on September 5th that for the 1st time they hear the gospel? For the 1st time, and they19:45 believe. A sermon that day, God willing, is gonna be called, A God Who Would Bleed. And what is it gonna be19:57 when our team there takes those Bibles that we buy from the Bible Society of Pakistan in the Urdu language in their heart native tongue and what's it gonna20:09 be when we give them the eternal words of Jesus? There's nothing greater.20:21 His heart became tender, he humbled himself, he tore his garments, he wept before God. But let me tell you, he didn't stop there and this is where I'm gonna conclude today. He didn't stop short20:33 at an emotional response. He didn't stop short at just being emotional. You know what he did? He took the next step to affirm commitment. He took the next step to20:45 godly actions. Verses 30 and 31, he took all the elders of Israel. He took all the leadership of Israel or I should say of Judah. He brought all of these people together. They went to the temple of the Lord. He20:57 took his place in the temple of the Lord and he read aloud the word to the entire nation and that day they made a covenant with God. Verse 31. And what did they commit to21:08 God? What does the word of God do in our life? What's the right response? What's the right results? What does God do in us? He said, we're going to covenant that we're going to walk in21:20 all the ways of God. We're going to keep all his commands and all his statutes and all of his rules from this day forward with all our heart and with all21:32 our soul, we're going to obey God. And verse 33, maybe the greatest commentary21:44 I've seen yet of all the kings and all of the days of the life of Josiah, verse 33, they never turned away from the Lord.21:57 You know what I find interesting about that church? When you get serious about God's word, when you have the right response, you have the right results, you22:09 have the right actions, it creates those godly actions in your life for faith without works is what? Dead? And your faith is activated and you're doing the22:21 works of God and you're engaged in the work of God, do you know what happens? All of those around you begin to follow22:34 you. Everybody around Josiah got serious about God. Everybody with Josiah made the same covenant. Everybody in Josiah's life said,22:47 we're going to walk with God from here on out. And all the days of his life, Israel never turned. Could God turn the trajectory of your family?The Results of Honoring God's Word 23:00 Could God change the course of your family? You bet he can. I'm not doubting today your commitment at all.23:12 I'm not I'm not in any way implying that you're not serious about God, that you're not following God, that you're not trying to rid your life of sin. You may be doing all of those things, but23:24 here's my question today. Like Josiah, are we doing all the right things, but23:36 we're doing it without the power, without the effect, without the impact, without the influence of God's word in our23:47 life? Let's bow our heads today. Have you neglected God's word?23:59 If you are, then here's the good news. Get on track. Begin tonight. Take your Bible and read it.24:11 Set reminders on your devices. Post a scripture on your mirror as you're getting ready in the mornings.24:26 Make the word of God central. If you enjoy the daily24:37 broadcast of Awaken to Grace, then I wanna invite you to subscribe to our podcast. You can get our podcast wherever you get your favorite shows. Simply search awaken24:49 to grace weekly sermons.In this video 0:00 The King Who Discovered God's Word9:00 Engage in the Work of God15:00 The Discovery of God's Word17:00 The Right Response to God's Word23:00 The Results of Honoring God's Word
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