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Hezekiah

Today’s Reading: 2 Chronicles 30:1-20

Focal Verses: 2 Chronicles: 30:18b-20

Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, 

“May the good LORD provide atonement for everyone who prepares his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he is not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary.”

And the Lord listened to Hezekiah and healed the people.

Jesus loves even those who come to Him with messy lives.  Unfortunately, you wouldn’t know it from going in most churches today.  Many in the Christian community have it backwards.  They want someone to clean up their act before they come, instead of welcoming them with all their mess and letting God clean it up.
Hezekiah had it right.  They were preparing to eat the Passover and many were there to eat it without having done the ritual cleansing ceremonies.  Hezekiah did not want to keep from God those who were seeking Him.  Today’s focal verses are his prayer and God’s response.
It is time for the church, the body of Christ, to do what Hezekiah did.  He understood God’s grace.  He welcomed those with a seeking heart and interceded on their behalf.  And the Lord listened.

Let the Lord speak to you about your attitude towards those with messy lives.  Accept His grace and pass it on to others.