Repair Them

One of the kings that God used greatly in his time of leadership was Hezekiah. This king did much to restore the place of worship after decades of spiritual decay. God used the king because he was willing to be used, and the people at that time benefited greatly in many areas of commerce and spiritual growth as well as periods of peace. In 2^nd Chronicles 29, you can find some of the accounts of his leadership. There are some verses that talk about how after years of neglect, the king re-opened the House of the Lord (their version of “the church”), and that he carried out the rubbish from the Holy place.

Because there had been so much slack in spiritual matters, this “church” had itself had little effect upon the people. This may very well be the same look that might need to be taken into some places and maybe dark corners of our churches. It could be of removing physical rubbish that is not of God that is more hindrance than help. It could very likely be spiritual rubbish that has been allowed into the people’s lives and may have very well been causing them to grow cold toward God’s deeper spiritual matters. Or maybe it had become stagnant because the Spirit of God had altogether left and almost everything going on in the “church” was only being done by mankind’s power, void of any real effect from God.

We all need a good spiritual house cleaning more often than we get one. Maybe it is time to repair the house of the Lord.