Living Deliberately

4. If you only knew what God had planned for you – you'd live deliberately.

5. You’re here right on time!

6. No other time in history that you’d be more effect than now.

C. JOSIAH GAVE HIS FAMILY A NEW LEGACY

1. You don’t have to pass down an ungodly legacy to your children, let God give you a new legacy: a legacy of Godliness and Power.

2. Your legacy isn’t so much what you say about God as it is what you do for God.

3. If you want a better world and life for your family… it’s time to get deliberate at home.

4. Today establish patterns of righteousness in the hearts of your children.

II. HE DELIBERATELY DEALT WITH SIN

a. There are things in our life, we cannot play with – they must be destroyed.

b. Josiah knew that God had made him king for a reason – to deal with the impurities and sin that had taken hold of Judah.

c. We need a demolition anointing. A seriousness about sin.

d. Don’t give up on this world, roll up your sleeves. Take a stand for righteousness.

A. JOSIAH PERMANENTLY DEALT WITH SIN

1. Knew enough about their idol worship to defile their sites… making it a place where they couldn’t rebuild their idols.

2. Ground the idols into powder.

3. While other kings had partially destroyed some groves and confronted a few of the idols, not so with Josiah – wouldn’t rest until Judah was 100% purged of idolatry.

4. Until we get this serious about sin in our lives, we’ll never make a difference in our world.

5. You may not be a king in one sense, but God has given you a realm of responsibility.

B. JOSIAH POSITIVELY DEALT WITH SIN

1. Josiah understood that dealing with sin wasn’t just destroying but building.

2. Josiah set out to restore the Temple of the Lord to it’s rightful place in the life of God’s people.

3. You can’t deal with impurities in your life without God having first place in your life.

4. Sanctification isn’t just about separation, it’s about consecration.

5. We can do damage to the kingdom of darkness, by building up the kingdom of God.

6. Church, worship, and a active relationship with Jesus must have a prominent place in our lives.

C. JOSIAH CORPORATELY DEALT WITH SIN

1. Called a “solemn assembly” bringing the congregation together.

2. One man can accomplish great things for God, but the entire congregation can accomplish so much more.

3. He encouraged the people to stand and enter into covenant with God themselves.

4. It was a public commitment to living deliberately for God.

5. I’m here this morning calling out for the church to arise and live deliberately against the tide of evil that is in our land.

6. We can make a difference, together as God’s people.

III. HE DELIBERATELY HEARD FROM GOD

a. What made Josiah so different. At age of 16 he began to seek God.

b. Didn’t just go to church. Sure didn’t go because his parents made him. He sought God.

c. Judah was religious, but Josiah knew God.

d. Question today must be: What does God have to say?