It’s amazing to think about how the book of the Law had apparently been lost for years. (The book of the law was the Jewish Bible of the time which comprised of Genesis to Deuteronomy.)
Apparently, during the time of Amon (and perhaps Manasseh), worship of God had so deteriorated that even the priests didn’t have a copy of God’s word.
What in the world were they teaching the people at that time?
Probably what they remembered being taught by their fathers and grandfathers.
But even then, a lot was apparently forgotten.
Even when Josiah became king and started to lead the nation back to God, people were worshiping God and living as they thought was right.
Then the Book of the Law was found, and Josiah and the people realized how far off track they had gotten.
And by reading God’s word and following it, not only did their lives change, but also their worship of God, specifically the Passover.
No longer did they do things as they saw fit, but they did things according to God’s word (2 Chronicles 34:31, 35:6, 12).
How about you? Are you living according to God’s word?
Are your morals and values coming from it?
Are your ideas about God and how to please him coming from what he has said?
Or, because you’re not reading God’s word regularly, are you just living by what you think is right?
Let us not merely follow our culture or our own ideas on the best way to live.
Rather, let us make God’s word the center of our lives and live by it.
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