”While they stood in their places, they read from the book of the law of the Lord their God for a fourth of the day and spent another fourth of the day in confession and worship of the Lord their God.“ (v. 3)

When you look back in history, the comparative conclusion is pretty obvious:

We are unserious when it comes to confession.

We rarely offer it publicly.

We hardly lead people into it.

We devote minimal time to it.

Unserious.

Here is where the example of this ancient people—the ones who, by grace, had been brought home to worship—ought to convict us. They gave seriousness time to confession, to admitting their sins with sorrow, and to worshiping with a hope for healing. They were honest. They were devoted. They spent a fourth of the day doing just that.

Maybe the modern church should learn something here.

— Tyler