19 When the king heard the words of the Law, he tore his robes.
Here it is again! Tearing of the clothes. I can't help but picture an "incredible hulk" type scene.
27 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.
Here's a second one. There is also a good lesson for us in this one. This one reminds me of the scripture that talks about "David being a man after God's own heart." Even though we make mistakes, and screw up, and do things that God detests....if we humble ourselves and our heart is truly yearning to follow him.....then he will hear our prayers.
tp
3 In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his father David. In his twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of high places, Asherah poles and idols.
ReplyDeleteYou are right, God really responds when he see we have genuinely humbled ourselves and set our hearts on Him, I wrote a little about that in the previous chapter before seeing your words here. I'm amazed how young some of these kings are and yet how they can lead so many people. Josiah was only 16 when he started to really make an imprint on his kingdom.
knut