What does it take to be good?

Man says you must begin without and work in; Scripture says you must begin within and work out. C. H. Mackintosh.

King Hezekiah was a really good king. Why? The day he became king, he sent the priests into the inner room of the temple to clean it out. Read it in 2 Kings 18. The first thing. He had to clean things up from the inside out. Not the outside - in.

He was good because of the three things mentioned right in verses 5, 6 and 7:

1. He trusted the Lord (not himself or any other man)
2. He clung to the Lord (he hung on, and didn't let go. He went where God went)
3. The Lord was with him. (What could he do without the Lord? Nothing)

There is more, deeper knowledge here than I have mentioned. I only bring these up as points to ponder.

More later...