Take Heed Lest Ye Fall

[456 words] There are times when it seems like we are on a roll. Life is good. God is blessing us with smooth sailing. It seems as if it couldn’t be better. And then life takes a 180-degree turn. Our life falls apart. The Old Testament relates the story of Josiah. He was a good king, one of the very best. Here is the description: “Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. And he did what was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of his father David; he did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left (2 Chron. 34:1-2 NKJV). God blessed him. His reign was one of the great ones. The reason was stated in the word of God: “Because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before God when…