In Jeremiah 22:15-16, the prophet relates God's thoughts about the former King, Josiah, to his son.
15Does it make you a king to excel in cedar?
Did not your father have food and drink?
He administered justice and righteousness,
16He took up the cause of the poor and needy,
and so it went well with him.
Is this not what it means to know Me?”
declares the LORD.
Josiah was one of the righteous kings of Judah and even gets a mention in the genealogy of Jesus as recorded in Matthew's gospel.
But here what caught God's attention was Josiah's administration of justice and righteousness and taking up the cause of the poor and needy!
And because of Josiah's concern for the poor and needy, things "went well for him".
Even more astounding is the final line: "Is this not what it means to know Me?" declares the Lord.
I am not sure how many modern Christians would include "taking up the cause of the poor and needy" in what it means to "know" God!
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