Today’s devotion focuses on King Hezekiah, who, despite his wicked father, demonstrates that it’s never too late to choose what is right when our motives and principles align with God’s Word. 𝕲𝖆𝖑𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖆𝖓𝖘 𝟏:𝟏𝟎 states, “𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒐 𝑰 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒖𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒏, 𝒐𝒓 𝑮𝒐𝒅? 𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒐 𝑰 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒏? 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒊𝒇 𝑰 𝒚𝒆𝒕 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆𝒏, 𝑰 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕.”

Bible Reading for the Day
AM – 2 Kings 18,19
PM – John 6:22-44

𝕿𝖎𝖙𝖑𝖊: 𝕴𝖙 𝖎𝖘 𝖓𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖗 𝖙𝖔𝖔 𝖑𝖆𝖙𝖊 𝖙𝖔 𝖈𝖍𝖔𝖔𝖘𝖊 𝖜𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖎𝖘 𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙
𝟐 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝟏𝟖:𝟏,𝟑 𝐊𝐉𝐕
𝑵𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒅 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑯𝒐𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒂 𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑬𝒍𝒂𝒉 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝑰𝒔𝒓𝒂𝒆𝒍, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑯𝒆𝒛𝒆𝒌𝒊𝒂𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑨𝒉𝒂𝒛 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝑱𝒖𝒅𝒂𝒉 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒏. 𝟑𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅, 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒅.

Our text introduces us to King Hezekiah, the son of the wicked King Ahaz, during his reign. Verse 3 states, “…he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord.’ This summarizes Hezekiah’s reign, which sharply contrasts with that of his father, Ahaz, who, “𝖉𝖎𝖉 𝖓𝖔𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖜𝖍𝖎𝖈𝖍 𝖜𝖆𝖘 𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖎𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕷𝖔𝖗𝖉.’

Making the right choices begins with a conscious decision. Right actions don’t happen by chance. Hezekiah became king at 25 and chose to serve the Lord from the start. This crucial point in life is the perfect moment to dedicate oneself to doing what is right, no matter the situation.

Doing what is right is not a matter of relativity; there must be a clear standard of right and wrong. 🅾️🆄🆁 🅿️🅴🆁🆂🅿️🅴🅲🆃🅸🆅🅴 🆂🅷🅾️🆄🅻🅳 🅰️🅻🅸🅶🅽 🆆🅸🆃🅷 🆆🅷🅰️🆃 🅸🆂 🆁🅸🅶🅷🆃 🅸🅽 🅶🅾️🅳’🆂 🅴🆈🅴🆂, not based on our own judgments, as the people in Judges 21:25 declared, “…𝔢𝔳𝔢𝔯𝔶 𝔪𝔞𝔫 𝔡𝔦𝔡 𝔱𝔥𝔞𝔱 𝔴𝔥𝔦𝔠𝔥 𝔴𝔞𝔰 𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔦𝔫 𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔬𝔴𝔫 𝔢𝔶𝔢𝔰.”

An atheist might find it inconsistent to accuse someone of wrongdoing since they lack an absolute standard of morality. Without God, who defines right and wrong? If humans evolved from animals, why shouldn’t we behave like them—after all, it’s survival of the fittest!

The highest standard of morality comes from the Word of God. To understand what is right in God’s eyes, one must study His teachings. Relying on one’s conscience alone is risky, since it is naturally influenced by sin and can be misled.