Everyone needs a Kidron Valley. 2 Kings 21-25

King Josiah is another breath of fresh air in a very musty smell. Although young when he began his reign as king (8 years old) he grew to be wise and righteous. When he is confronted by God's Word (22:11-13) he responds by cleaning house and restoring the Lord's rule. As he is cleaning, however, he comes across his predecessor's idol materials. He took the idols, the books, the tools and the instruments to a place on the east side of Jerusalem called The Kidron Valley. Jerusalem is surrounded by valleys. The Kidron Valley has a lot of history to it and will have more in the years after Josiah. (Jesus walks across the Kidron Valley on the way to the Mount of Olives). The Kidron Valley was a place Josiah used to burn the instruments of sin he found in his kingdom. We all need a place we dispose of sin in our lives. Our main focus is to glorify God and we are instructed by Paul to be in the process of the "mortification" (Killing) of sin in our lives. Taking sin to the Kidron Valley is our goal. We are, like Josiah, to burn and grind sin and the instruments of sin into dust and dispose of them in our own Kidron Valley. Do you have a Kidron Valley ... a place you can rid yourself of sin? God is honored when we mortify sin in our lives. Make it a practice today to find a Kidron Valley and mortify some sin.