Faithful workers

"However there need be no accounting made with them of the money delivered into their hand, because they deal faithfully." 2 Kings 22:7

King Josiah was twenty-six years old when he had started the reformation of the temple. The first thing he does is that he tells the high priest, Hilkiah, to bring in the money that was gathered by the doorkeepers of the house of the Lord. Next he orders that the money be distributed to all the workers that will be involved in repairing the house of the Lord: carpenters, builders, and masons. But here is the point. King Josiah says that “there need be no accounting made with them.” This would be unacceptable today. You are always required to get a receipt for any purchases you make for the church, group, company, institutions, etc. And there would be auditing of the money spent each year. But what do we see here? The king completely trusted them. Why? “Because they deal faithfully.” Wow!

God asks us to be faithful, too. We are living in the time that requires reformation. We need to change first. But we also need to go out and change the world. God does not do it alone. (Well, I do believe God can do anything but He chose to work with us.) Pastor can’t do it by himself. We all need to be involved this work together, just as King Josiah needed the workers to repair (reform) the house of the Lord. And we need to become “faithful” like those workers. God saved us and has called us to the church to serve Him, the church, and the community. And it would be awesome if our heavenly King can say about us, “Oh don’t worry about them. They deal faithfully!”