Routine Obedience Can Unearth Treasures

Scripture: While they were bringing out the money that had been taken into the temple of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found the Book of the Law of the LORD that had been given through Moses. 2 Chronicles 34:14

Observation: Josiah had been king over 20 years. During the last 10 of those he began to seriously seek the Lord. He purged the land of idols and altars. He began to repair the temple of the Lord. It was while repairs were undergoing that the word of God, lost so many years, was discovered. This discovery led to a national renewal of commitment to the Lord.
Josiah was not looking for this book—that was an unexpected result of a decade of obedience. Sometimes the blessings of God come as unexpected results of obedience in other areas. Sometimes a routine repair of obedience will unearth the lost treasures of God.
Sometimes a little boy who is simply trying to hear more about Jesus gets picked to help provide food for 5,000 people (John 6).

Application: I tend to think in direct, linear terms. If I do X action, X result will follow. Yet Josiah did X action and Y result followed—after ten years. God’s blessing can be unexpected, and can come from an area of obedience unrelated in my eyes. Simple acts of obedience—striving for purity in my online life, spending time reading my devotions, praying diligently for God to work in the life of my kids, working faithfully at my job as unto the Lord—can result in God blessing me in unexpected ways. This tells me that every area of obedience, no matter how small, is important.

Prayer: God, help me to be obedient and faithful in all areas of my life. I never know when a routine repair will unearth the lost treasures of God.