Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—2 Chronicles 34:1-7
by: Paula Davis.
Josiah became king when he was eight years old. He didn’t know the Lord personally at that time, but followed in the footsteps and “walked in the ways of his father David, never turning aside to the right or to the left” (verse 2). When he was sixteen, Josiah began to seek the Lord for himself and made some radical changes in the land he ruled. It is sobering to me when I think that some child may be following in my footsteps. Am I following God so closely that through my example the child will know enough about following the Lord to seek him in ways that allow radical things to be done for God? This thought makes me pause for prayer and self-examination. What about you?