Have You Read Your Daily Devotion for Today Tuesday, August 16, 2022?

TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 2022

TEXT: 2 Kings 22:1-10

1. Josiah was eight years old when he became king; he reigned 31 years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah; [she was] from Bozkath.

2. He did what was right in the LORD’s sight and walked in all the ways of his ancestor David; he did not turn to the right or the left.

3. In the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent the court secretary Shaphan son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, to the LORD’s temple, saying,

4. “Go up to Hilkiah the high priest so that he may total up the money brought into the LORD’s temple- [the money] the doorkeepers have collected from the people.

5. It is to be put into the hands of those doing the work- those who oversee the LORD’s temple. They [in turn] are to give it to the workmen in the LORD’s temple to repair the damage.

6. [They are to give it] to the carpenters, builders, and masons to buy timber and quarried stone to repair the temple.

7. But no accounting is to be required from them for the money put into their hands since they work with integrity.”

8. Hilkiah the high priest told Shaphan the court secretary, “I have found the book of the law in the LORD’s temple,” and he gave the book to Shaphan, who read it.

9. Then Shaphan the court secretary went to the king and reported, “Your servants have emptied out the money that was found in the temple and have put it into the hand of those doing the work- those who oversee the LORD’s temple.”

10. Then Shaphan the court secretary told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book,” and Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.

(Holmans CS Holy Bible)

TOPIC: HONEST MEN NEEDED

Josiah became the king of Judah when he was only eight years old. He is described as a king who “did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and followed completely in the ways of his father David, not turning to the right or to the left” (v. 2).

He demonstrated his uprightness through a complete commitment to renovate the Temple of the Lord. He ordered that funds collected as offerings in the Temple be released for the renovation.

In verse 7, he clearly stated that those to be entrusted with expending this money for renovating the Temple “need not account for the money entrusted to them, because they are honest in their dealings.”

We hardly see this level of trust in the 21^st century, even among church leaders. This is an open challenge to us and a call to commit to integrity in all aspects of our Christian life.

QUESTION: Can you be trusted, especially when it comes to money matters?

PRAYER: Lord Jesus, help me to be a person of integrity, one that can be trusted, like You, Amen.