Saturday, December 14, 2019

He sought his God and worked wholeheartedly. And so he prospered

2 Chronicles 31:2-21
The king contributed from his own possessions for the morning and evening burnt offerings and for the burnt offerings on the Sabbaths, at the New Moons and at the appointed festivals as written in the Law of the Lord.
As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously gave the firstfruits of their grain, new wine, olive oil and honey and all that the fields produced. They brought a great amount, a tithe of everything. The people of Israel and Judah who lived in the towns of Judah also brought a tithe of their herds and flocks and a tithe of the holy things dedicated to the Lord their God, and they piled them in heaps. They began doing this in the third month and finished in the seventh month. When Hezekiah and his officials came and saw the heaps, they praised the Lord and blessed his people Israel.
This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah, doing what was good and right and faithful before the Lord his God. In everything that he undertook in the service of God’s temple and in obedience to the law and the commands, he sought his God and worked wholeheartedly. And so he prospered.
This whole chapter is an addition to the King's account. The reforms even extend into the old northern kingdom.
The laws governing worship and the support of the priests are reintroduced. The sheer volume of produce raised by the gifts for the priests and tithes for the Levites takes everyone by surprise. Special care is taken to see that it is properly distributed.
Why?
All of these are the king and people follow the word of the Lord and do what they should do from their heart, so the blessing of the Lord comes upon them.
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奮興會後他們如何復興過潔淨生活。將不討神喜悅的東西拆毀。
敬拜神不是只有在過節時,每天、每月都有排人輪班獻祭。每天生活的委身更重要,不是只有在聚會當中。
神依然賜福以色列人、猶大,只是以前沒有要奉獻。現在才一個月卻有這麼多奉獻,是神的恩典早已臨到猶大和以色列人。
按照利未人家中人數、年齡,依各家的需要得以生活,可以全心來服事神!我們每個人面臨不同的狀況、需要,神會照著我們需要,生活的難處來賜給我們。神不偏待人,不是每個人一樣,而是按照人不同需要來幫助我們。
How?
To be a good leader is to seek the Lord and worked wholeheartedly.

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