2 Chronicles 31:1-21
When all this had ended, the Israelites who were there went out to the towns of Judah, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles. They destroyed the high places and the altars throughout Judah and Benjamin and in Ephraim and Manasseh. After they had destroyed all of them, the Israelites returned to their own towns and to their own property.
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. He ordered the people living in Jerusalem to give the portion due the priests and Levites so they could devote themselves to 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.
Hezekiah gave orders to prepare storerooms in the temple of the Lord, and this was done. Then they faithfully brought in the contributions, tithes and dedicated gifts. Konaniah, a Levite, was the overseer in charge of these things, and his brother Shimei was next in rank.
In addition, they distributed to the males three years old or more whose names were in the genealogical records—all who would enter the temple of the Lord to perform the daily duties of their various tasks, according to their responsibilities and their divisions.
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.
Why?
Not only attended the Passover but also took action to get rid of the high places and the altars.
Hezekiah 1)get rid of detectable idols and high places throughout Judah, in his territory 2) did what was good and right and faithful before the Lord his God. 3) obey the law and the commands of the Lor 4) The Sought is the Lord and worked wholeheartedly.
The above 4 actions are the principles for every Christian to prosper.
Share the duties in the Temple of the Lord in divisions. Sharing the responsibility may work joyfully. The same work in the church now needs many brothers and sisters to share the jobs.
Keep the tithe is a blessing principle for every Christian.
How?
Don't worry about what we eat or what we have, all of these are the gift from the Lord. For the Lord cares about those who care about the Lord and are faithful to the Lord. God's word never fails.
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