Holding Fast

As you read through the book of 2 Kings it gets a little depressing. King after king in both Judah and Israel "do what was evil in the sight of the Lord." Then comes Hezekiah. What a breath of fresh air.

Hezekiah, it says in 2 Kings 18:3, "did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that David his father had done." Hezekiah broke down the pillars and anything else that Israel had used as a way to worship other gods.

But I noticed something else that I hadn't seen before - its in verse 6: "and he held fast to the Lord."

You know, in our world where money and power and youth and beauty and political correctness are worshiped as gods, it is vital more than ever for us Christians to be like Hezekiah. We need to break down those altars in our lives and homes and we need to "hold fast" to the Lord.

Our culture is like a hurricane wind that seeks to blow Christianity out of the water and carry us away in a whirlwind of rhetoric and argument against the character of God. Hold on to Him no matter what your culture tells you.

And, by the way, as you hold fast to Him, He is holding fast to you. Just read John 15 for more on that.

Pastor Tom