Quick Note – 2 Chronicles 31:20-21 – Serving with All Our Hearts
2 Chronicles 31:20-21 – 20 Thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah, and he did what was good and right and faithful before the Lord his God. 21 And every work that he undertook in the service of the house of God and in accordance with the law and the commandments, seeking his God, he did with all his heart, and prospered.
When we do something that we enjoy or desire to do, we usually pour our hearts into the project. Examples of this could be when we are making a gift for a loved one, when we are organizing an event for a cause we are passionate about, or when we are doing a job that we love. However, when we are forced to do something, we often only give half the effort; we don’t complete the task with all our hearts. Because of this negative attitude, the work is usually not done to the best that it can be. Instead, it gets half done or finished but not well. We might think that this only occurs when working in this world, but the unfortunate thing is that this happens to Christians in the ministry as well. When serving or seeking God, a lot of the time, we do it half-heartedly. We do it because we have to, not because we want to. And that attitude is reflected in our work. Rather than acting in this manner, we should act as King Hezekiah did in our passage today.
The last two verses of 2 Chronicles 31 summarize what King Hezekiah had been doing for the past three chapters – “he did what was good and right and faithful before the Lord his God.” King Ahaz, the previous king and Hezekiah’s father, led the nation to commit idolatry. He closed the Temple doors, raised idols, and drove the people of Judah away from God. However, when Hezekiah began his reign, he did the exact opposite. He reopened and cleansed the Temple; he called the Israelites to repent and to observe the Passover; he appointed the Levites and priests to their work, and he even got the people to break down the high places, pillars, and Asherim, where idolatry was occurring. Hezekiah flipped the situation of Judah from evil to good. This was not an easy task. But he found success because he did it with all his heart. When he sought God, when he chose to obey His commands, and when he served Him, he did it with all his heart. Unlike some kings that would offer sacrifices only to go through the motions of worship, Hezekiah truly wanted to build a right relationship with God. So when he sought Him, he did it with all his heart.
When we as disciples of Christ serve Him, we must do so with all our hearts, souls, minds, and strengths. We are to love Him with all our being. There should be nothing reserved, but everything given over to Him. That means that when we pray, we do it with our full attention. That means that when we read His Word, we are present and focused. That means that when we serve Him, we do so in love and with the right attitude. We can only build a closer relationship with God if we truly seek Him. Let us give our everything to Him, Who gave His everything for us. Everything that we do let us do it to bring honor and glory to God (Colossians 3:17). That is the way to seek and serve God.
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