None Like Him

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Hello, my friend… so glad you're with me today. This is By God's Call — day 112, None Like Him.

"Before him there was no king like him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his might, according to all the Law of Moses, nor did any like him arise after him." 2 Kings 23:25.

Let that sentence sit for a moment. Before him. After him. This isn't a comparison to one king — it's a comparison to all of them. To centuries of kings of Judah, good and bad, strong and weak. And out of that whole procession, the text points to a single name and says: none was like him.

This verse isn't a nice compliment tossed into the middle of a chapter. It's the ruler the sacred text itself uses to measure every other king in Judah's history. It's the gold standard every reign would be compared against from then on — and none, before or after, came close.

Notice the structure of the sentence: with all his heart, with all his soul, with all his might. Three times the word "all." That isn't just emphasis — it's precision. No part of Josiah stood outside that pursuit. Nothing was left out, nothing set aside for later, nothing divided between God and something else.

And there's another detail we can't skip past: the text says "according to all the Law of Moses." This wasn't selective devotion, picking the more comfortable commands and ignoring the ones that demanded more. Josiah turned to the whole Law — including the hard parts, including the ones that cost him politically and socially.

He was the grandson of Manasseh, one of the most idolatrous kings in Judah's history. He grew up in a land filled with pagan altars his own family had erected. And when the Book of the Law was found in the temple — lost, forgotten, buried under dust — Josiah had it read to him. Hearing it, he tore his own robes, wept over the entire nation's neglect. And from there, he acted: he tore down altars, pulled down idols that whole generations had normalized. That cost him. Turning to God with a whole heart meant demolishing what was familiar.

And here's something that moves me deeply: not even the kings who came after him, with all their effort and good intentions, managed to match this devotion. Josiah's standard never became the common norm — it stood as a reference point, an outlier showing what's possible when someone seeks God without reservation.

My friend, maybe you have an area of your life you're keeping outside God's reach. A part of your heart, a part of your soul, a part of your strength you haven't truly handed over yet. Everyone has one. And today's call isn't for a partial reform. It's for what Josiah did: turn to the Lord without dividing anything.

So today, name that area — even if it stings to say it out loud. And hand it over in prayer, with your whole heart, right now.

Stay close to God. Pray — then act. I'll see you tomorrow, my friend.