FOUND

Today's reading: 2 Kings 21-25

"Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the court secretary, I have found the Book of the Law in the Lord's Temple!.." 2 Kings 22:8 NLT

King Josiah had set about restoring the Temple of the Lord.

Carpenters, builders and masons set to work on the task.

Timber was cut and stones were hewn for its remodeling.

In the chaos of the task, the 'Bible' was discovered.

Whether it had been stored away in a back room, placed under wraps in the attic or someone had set it aside in an alcove--it was now found.

My question--how long had it been gone? Had no one noticed that the Word wasn't present in the Temple services? Whose words were the priests using all that time?

Christian friends, would we notice if the Word were to be absent from our worship?

Are we allowing tradition, entertainment and technology (which are all great things) to take the place of the Bible in our time with the Lord?

I doubt that anyone in Josiah's time said out loud, 'Let's put aside God's Word for a while'. I think it happened gradually, quietly, in an unobserved way.

Which, if we're not careful, could happen again today.