Expect Nothing Else

We are right to expect in a furniture store or groceries in a grocery store or shoes in a shoe store. Now, here's a good one: we should expect the Word of God in the House of God. Yes, God's Word should be front-and-center, His foundational truth read and taught and preached. In 2 Kings 22, for many generations the Word of God (the Book of the Law) had been missing then actually "found" by the high priest Hilkiah; he says, "I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD.” (2 Kings 22:8, NASB). That Hebrew word "found" means "to happen upon." Imagine it - the Word of God lost ... lost in God's own house! Our initial reaction is "how appalling" that the Word of God was randomly discovered during a deep-cleaning of the temple! I suggest the same is true of many churches today: the Truth of the Living God has been lost on churches corporately because it has been lost in the hearts of God's people. When King Josiah heard the words of the book, he said: "great is the wrath of the LORD that burns against us, because our fathers have not listened to the words of this book, to do according to all that is written concerning us.” (V.13, NASB). What is to be our expectation of ourselves and the churches where we worship corporately? The answer is simple: hear preached and taught the Truth of God! Many pulpits across our nation have been busy but empty of the the deep riches of God's Word. For Christ's Body (The Church) to once again be rooted in Truth, The Word must once again be read and treasurer in my heart, in your heart, in the heart of every Child of God. We must ... expect nothing else!