2Ch 29:1-2, Hezekiah became king when he was twenty-five years old… AND HE DID WHAT WAS RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD, according to all that his father David had done.
In Scripture the true measure of a man is if he does right or wrong before the LORD! Nothing else matters, and today it’s still the same!
2Ch 29:3-5, In the first year of his reign, in the first month, HE OPENED THE DOORS OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD AND REPAIRED THEM. Then he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them in the East Square, and said to them: “HEAR ME, Levites! NOW SANCTIFY YOURSELVES, SANCTIFY THE HOUSE OF THE LORD GOD OF YOUR FATHERS, AND CARRY OUT THE RUBBISH FROM THE HOLY PLACE.
THE HOUSE OF THE LORD WAS SHUT DOWN AS IT IS TODAY; it was time to get the house of the LORD READY FOR ITS PEOPLE!
2Ch 29:10-11, “NOW IT IS IN MY HEART TO MAKE A COVENANT WITH THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL, that His fierce wrath may turn away from us. MY SONS, DO NOT BE NEGLIGENT NOW, FOR THE LORD HAS CHOSEN YOU TO STAND BEFORE HIM, TO SERVE HIM, and that you should minister to Him and burn incense.”
It was in Hezekiah’s heart to open the house of the LORD and to make a covenant with the LORD! HE also calls on the people to not forsake their calling, their true purpose in life!
2Ch 29:27-30, Then Hezekiah commanded them to offer the burnt offering on the altar. And when the burnt offering began, THE SONG OF THE LORD ALSO BEGAN, WITH THE TRUMPETS AND WITH THE INSTRUMENTS OF DAVID KING OF ISRAEL. SO ALL THE ASSEMBLY WORSHIPED, THE SINGERS SANG, AND THE TRUMPETERS SOUNDED; …the king and all who were present with HIM BOWED AND WORSHIPED…SO THEY SANG PRAISES WITH GLADNESS, AND THEY BOWED THEIR HEADS AND WORSHIPED.
WE NEED TO GET BACK TO WORSHIPING THE KING OF kings AND THE LORD OF lords! We need to get back to what the LORD has called us to do. FOR HE HAS CHOSEN US, IN THIS WICKED AGE, TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT BEFORE THE LORD!
Jos 1:9, Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.