Have you ever heard people say something so that wondered how they came to their conclusion? That's the way it was for me this morning when I was reading 2 Kings 23. Years ago a prof said that 'even though we don't know what book of the Bible was found in the Temple that when it was read moved Josiah to repentance, most believe that it was Deuteronomy'.
This morning I saw part of the reasoning for his statement in 2 Kings 23:24-25 -- the words from Deuteronomy 6 are in italics below in the reading for today.
Moreover, Josiah did away with the mediums, wizards, teraphim, idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, so that he established the words of the law that were written in the book that the priest Hilkiah had found in the house of the Lord. Before him there was no king like him, who turned to the Lord with all his heart, with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; nor did any like him arise after him (2 Kings 23:24-25).
How true it is! We all are called to turn to God with all that we are.
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