The Final Reform

2 Kings 22-23

Monday, April 20, 2026 l Cody King

What do you do when you don’t know what to do? Most often, it’s the same old thing. Our days become routine. We move on autopilot, doing what we did the day before and the day before that. Everything becomes so “normal” that change is, at best, unwelcome, and at worst, unacceptable. That can be good or bad depending on what “normal” is. For the addict steeped in sin, change is necessary and good. For the one devoted to the Lord, walking uprightly, change could be entirely negative if it means drifting away.

Like other reforming kings—Asa, Jehoshaphat, and Hezekiah—Josiah saw the need for change. After 57 years of idolatry and wickedness under his father and grandfather, what did he base reform on? Something was found. Something once lost. A standard of truth once upheld by a nation submitted to God. The same truth that anchors the righteous and rescues the lost—it was God’s Law, His Word.

Josiah reigned 18 years before change came. Idolatry had become “normal.” But when the Book of the Law was found in the temple—the most holy yet most profaned place—it exposed the darkness. The Word revealed sin (Romans 7:7–8). Confronted with truth, Josiah tore down idols, burned them, and led the nation to covenant with the Lord (2 Kings 23:3).

But the story doesn’t end there. One day, again at Megiddo, the final King in the line of David will come—not in pride, but in power—victoriously establishing His eternal Kingdom. Jesus Christ, the Word of God.

And in that day, we will never wonder what to do again. We will know the Truth and dwell forever in the glory of the Lord our God.