{"id":626,"date":"2011-02-10T08:24:19","date_gmt":"2011-02-10T14:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianrep.com\/blog\/?p=626"},"modified":"2011-04-22T22:54:21","modified_gmt":"2011-04-23T03:54:21","slug":"hezekiah-and-judah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianrep.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/10\/hezekiah-and-judah\/","title":{"rendered":"Hezekiah and Judah"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>It’s clear, as you read the bible, that Godly leadership evokes a following. If a man, one man, will pursue God then others will gather and follow a man hungry after God.<\/p>\n

As I read further into the life of Hezekiah it’s obvious that after many years of poor leadership his walk with God was refreshing to Judah. He brought them back to God and they responded.<\/p>\n

As I read more of his life story it was interesting to me that he even went into Israel to clear out the idols of the land. There was a passion in him to follow God, to wholeheartedly follow God. There was a desire to seek God that others wanted as well. From that man came a revival in Judah. The priests returned to God, the people returned to God and the results changed a country that had for years forgotten the God of Abraham.<\/p>\n

It doesn’t take a big church, a great choir, an amazing preacher or dynamic youth pastor. It can start with me, with you. One person, following God, seeking God, hungry for God will change the culture around them. One person who is really seeking God, not the glory of man, will find men and women hungry for the same thing. As one old preacher said years ago, “Set yourself on fire for God and the world will come to watch you burn.” I may be only one man, but I want God. I’m not interested in much else….just him. From that passion for him will come a community of people seeking after him as well. I hope to be a man like Hezekiah….a man seeking after God.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s clear, as you read the bible, that Godly leadership evokes a following. If a man, one man, will pursue God then others will gather and follow a man hungry after God. As I read further into the life of Hezekiah it’s obvious that after many years of poor leadership his walk with God was … <\/p>\n

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