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May 8 The Gift of Prophecy
Huldah’s Message
“Thus saith the Lord, . . . because they have forsaken me, and have
burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger
with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled
against this place, and shall not be quenched. But to the king of Judah
which sent you to enquire of the Lord, thus shall ye say to him, Thus
saith the Lord God of Israel, As touching the words which thou hast
heard; because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself
before the Lord, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and
against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation
and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have
heard thee, saith the Lord” (2 Kings 22:16–19).
God sent Josiah the word that Jerusalem’s ruin could not be
averted. Even if the people should humble themselves before God,
they could not escape their punishment. So long had their senses
been deadened by sinning against God that, if the judgments had not
come upon them, they would soon have swung back into the same
sinful course. But because the king humbled his heart before God, he
received from Huldah the prophetess the word that the Lord would
acknowledge his quickness in seeking God for forgiveness and
mercy. . . .
The king, on his part, left undone nothing that might bring about
a reformation. . . . In the place of making a speech to the people,
Josiah ordered that the book of the law be read to them. So earnest
did he feel that he himself read the law aloud. He was deeply affected,
and he read with the pathos of a broken heart. . . .
What should we do, we who have had great light? The law has
been kept constantly before us. Time and again we have heard it
preached. The Lord’s anger is kindled against His people because of
their disregard of His Word. Conviction of soul should send us in
penitence to the foot of the cross, there to pray with the whole heart,
saying, “What shall we do to be saved? Wherewithal shall we come
before the Lord?” My brethren, inquire quickly, before it is too late. 14
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