We are still looking for that ultimate cache. The greatest container, in the best hiding spot, with the coolest swag (toys, trinkets, stuff, etc), and the most traveled trackables. Don’t get me wrong, we have found some very cool hides. We found one near a snake, one at night as small as a bullet in a pine tree, an amazing hide on a guardrail, one in a cemetery where both confederate and union soldiers, and even one that we thought we were going to need SCUBA gear for. That is just naming a few. I guess what I am trying to say is – we have found some very cool hides.
Towards the end of 2 Kings after many different kings of Israel that just flat out blew it, comes a king that was 8 years old when he took the crown. The boy king's father, who was king before him, was assassinated by his confidants (who were then killed by the people). After ruling for about 18 years, this young king made a discovery – a book. Just a simple book. Yeah, it was found in the temple. So were a ton of other books. But this book was a little different. This one was written by Moses – a three sermon series that he preached to the people of Israel, just before they crossed the Jordan into the “promised land.”
He could have very simply put it up on the shelf. Set it on the coffee table. Tossed it under the bed. But not this king, not Josiah. After reading it, he followed through. He eliminated the evil from Judah. And when I say eliminated, I mean eradicated. He destroyed temples, idols, poles (don’t ask), alters, evil priests, mediums and spiritists, household gods, and basically everything detestable. “Neither before nor after Josiah was there a king like him who turned to the LORD as he did—with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, in accordance with all the Law of Moses.”
If only we could make that kind of commitment. If only we could just eradicate all of the crap out of our lives that we know isn’t right. If we could, maybe THAT would be the ultimate discovery. Maybe then could we live the ultimate discovery under the ultimate authority. Maybe, just maybe – the ultimate cache.
Towards the end of 2 Kings after many different kings of Israel that just flat out blew it, comes a king that was 8 years old when he took the crown. The boy king's father, who was king before him, was assassinated by his confidants (who were then killed by the people). After ruling for about 18 years, this young king made a discovery – a book. Just a simple book. Yeah, it was found in the temple. So were a ton of other books. But this book was a little different. This one was written by Moses – a three sermon series that he preached to the people of Israel, just before they crossed the Jordan into the “promised land.”
He could have very simply put it up on the shelf. Set it on the coffee table. Tossed it under the bed. But not this king, not Josiah. After reading it, he followed through. He eliminated the evil from Judah. And when I say eliminated, I mean eradicated. He destroyed temples, idols, poles (don’t ask), alters, evil priests, mediums and spiritists, household gods, and basically everything detestable. “Neither before nor after Josiah was there a king like him who turned to the LORD as he did—with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, in accordance with all the Law of Moses.”
If only we could make that kind of commitment. If only we could just eradicate all of the crap out of our lives that we know isn’t right. If we could, maybe THAT would be the ultimate discovery. Maybe then could we live the ultimate discovery under the ultimate authority. Maybe, just maybe – the ultimate cache.
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4 comments:
That would be the ultimate--but it should be what we strive for no matter how elusive it may seem to be. Great post---again--
Must be the genes!!
M
marc, did you get my message?
BTW--check my blog--you have been tagged.
M
Very nice. I love the Deuteronomistic history.
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