Be It Resolved

So they resolved to make a proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that they should come to keep the Passover to the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem, since they had not done it for a long time in the prescribed manner. 2 Chronicles 30:5

Israel in the time of Hezekiah had done the backsliding thing and failed to keep the Passover as prescribed. This is one of two instances of the word resolved found in the NKJV of the Bible. In both cases, the key is not making the resolution, but in the doing of it. So...in our verse for today we can congratulate them for making the proclamation? Yes, the performance of the Passover we can leave between them and God for today's lesson. What we want to gain from our resolutions as we prepare for the new year lies in the doing. They made the proclamation as resolved. Therefore go carefully with your resolutions this year. After the 'Be It Resolved' on the proclamation, be sure there is the doing with commitment. Else, it would be better for us to have not resolved it.

Be it resolved in Christ our Lord that we do what we resolve to do! Amen.

Bucky