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September 25
Tuesday


MOSQUITO
PARADISE

READ:
2 Chron. 34:14-21
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I have found the Book
of the Law in the house
of the LORD.
__ 2 Chronicles 34:15
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The builders of the Panama Canal overcame many enormous challlenges: the moving of tons of earth, the redirecting of a river, and the cutting down of miles of jungle. But the tiny mosquito threatened to shut down the whole project. The Isthmus of Panama was an ideal breeding ground for this pest. As mosquitos infected canal workers with yellow fever and malaria, the death toll began to soar.

Fortunately, a physician who had studied these diseases arranged for an army of workers to spray the area with a chemical to kill mosquitos. The number of illnesses dropped dramatically.

In the Old Testament, we read of Judah's epidemic of idolatry and its accompanying moral sickness. When the Word of God was rediscovered, King Josiah exclaimed, "Great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out on us, because our fathers have not kept the Word of the LORD" (2 Chron. 34:21). Josiah understood the Scripture's preventive cure for moral sickness. He began to apply its spiritual truths, and soon a revival swept the land that restored the nation's spiritual health.

When we neglect the reading of God's Word, we invite spiritual illness. Let's be sure to set aside time to absorb its life-giving message. __ Dennis Fisher
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~The Bible will transform our lives~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~And turn us from our sin,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~If we will study and obey~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~Gods principles within. __ Sper~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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The Bible is God's prescription
for the health of our soul.

***********Today's Bible Reading __ 2 Chronicles 34:14-21**********

14 Now when they brought
out the money that was
brought into the house of
the LORD, Hilkiah the priest
found the Book of the Law
of the LORD given by
Moses. 15 Then Hilkiah
answered and said to
Shaphan the scribe, "I have
found the Book of the Law
in the house of the LORD."
And Hilkiah gave the book
to Shaphan.

16 So Shaphan carried the
book to the king, bringing
the king work, saying, "All
that was committed to your
servants they are doing.

17 and they have gathered
the money that was found
in the house of the LORD,
and have delivered it into
the hand of the overseers
and the workmen." 18 Then
Shaphan the scribe told the
king, saying, "Hilkiah the
priest has given me a book."
And Shaphan read it before
the king.

19 Thus it happened, when
the king heard the words of
the Law, that he tore his
clothes. 20 Then the king
commanded Hilkiah,
Ahikam ths son of
Shaphan, abandon the son of
Micah, Shaphan the scribe,
and Asaiah a servant of the
king, saying, 21 "Go, inquire
of the LORD for me, and for
those who are left in Israel
and Judah, concerning the
words of the book that is
found; for great is the wrath
of the LORD that is poured
out on us, because our
fathers have not kept the
word of the LORD, to do
according to all that is
written in this book."

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The unamed king in this passage is Josiah (2 kings 22), the last
godly king of Judah (640-609 BC) before the Babylonian exile. The
Book of the Law was neglected or possibly even ordered destroyed
by the two previous evil kings, except perhaps for this one copy
found hidden in the temple. __SKT