Sreedhar's Journey

Do you have rubbish around the house? What should you do with it? Or perhaps you are asking, what do you define as rubbish? They are things that no longer have any value to you, or to others. This is not the same as recyclables and items that could be profitably used by others. Hezekiah found rubbish in God's House. 2 Chronicles 29:5, and said to them: “Hear me, Levites! Now sanctify yourselves, sanctify the house of the Lord God of your fathers, and carry out the rubbish from the holy place. Hezekiah's father had moved to idol worship and probably had elements of these in the temple. Hezekiah calls them rubbish. They needed to be cleared out. Do I have anything that needs to be thrown away in my house? That takes me away from God? It is truly time to hear God and understand God's ways. This will give us the wisdom for making the hard decisions in life. But the result of doing this will be great. Hezekiah has a great experience with the Lord and the people as a result. 2...

I shared about how we need to get our accounting right. We also need to get our organization right. Contrary to popular belief, I am not a naturally organized person. I have to work hard at it. I now have two important apps to help me with this. I also developed a habit of writing everything down in a notebook. My apps are an electronic calendar and trello. Items that are in your head usually get jumbled up. Israel was also very organized, especially their military force. 1 Chronicles 27:1, And the children of Israel, according to their number, the heads of fathers’ houses, the captains of thousands and hundreds and their officers, served the king in every matter of the military divisions. These divisions came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, each division having twenty-four thousand. It appears that most people of Israel that was not a Levite became part of the military force. They took turns to be on duty. A month at a time. The entire nati...