It doesn't have to be a pastor that delivers the message either. We can become convicted just by reading the Bible. Or it might be a friend that confronts us about something. That conviction is what keeps us on track and on the path.
This reminds me of the story of Josiah. He was happily just living his life as the king, doing kingly stuff, when someone said to him. "We have found the Book of The Lsw." Then they read it to him.
"When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his robes." - 2 Kings 22:11
Have you ever had one of those moments? When you suddenly convicted about something you have said or done? I have. I had one yesterday in church.
So what do we do when we have one of those "attacks of the conscience or moves of the Holy Spirit? Make it right!
"Then the king called together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. 2 He went up to the temple of the Lord with the people of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the priests and the prophets - all the people from the least to the greatest. He read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant, which had been found in the temple of the Lord." - 2 Kings 23:1-2
God still punished the people who had lost The Book but He spared Josiah. And this was written about Him in God's Word.
"Neither before nor after Josiah was there a king like him who turned to the Lord as he did - with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his strength, in accordance with all the Law of Moses." - 2 Numbers 23:25
Do we live a life like Josiah did after being convicted by God's Word? After hearing a sermon? Or do we go back to our status quo?
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