Wholehearted Devotion (2 Chronicles 31:20–21)

Pray the Word with David Platt

David Platt

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🗓️ 21 August 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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In this episode of Pray the Word on 2 Chronicles 31:20–21, David Platt points us to wholehearted obedience flowing from love for God. Explore more content from Radical.

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0:00.0	Pray the Word with David Platt is a resource from radical.net.
0:06.4	Second Chronicles chapter 31, verses 20 and 21.
0:10.7	Thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah, and he did what was good and right and faithful
0:17.4	before the Lord His God.
0:19.4	In every work that he undertook in the service of the house of God
0:22.8	and in accordance with the law and the commandments, seeking His God,
0:27.3	he did with all his heart and prospered.
0:31.5	I love this picture, this description of Hezekiah,
0:35.0	especially when you contrast it with language we read earlier
0:40.6	in Second Chronicles, chapter 25, verse 2. Back in that chapter, talking about Amaziah, the king,
0:47.3	we read that he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, yet not with a whole heart. Just
0:52.9	think about that phrase, not with the whole heart. He did what was right. He did what was supposed to be done, but not with the whole heart. But then when we come to Hezekiah, we read about how he did what was good and right and faithful before the Lord is God. And he did it with all his heart. So in light of this language, I just want to ask you today, how is your
1:14.7	heart before God? Not just, are you doing the right things? Are you saying the right things? Are you
1:21.1	going through the right motions? But just pause for a moment and ask, how is my heart before God? Am I doing right and good things,
1:31.2	thinking, saying right and good things with a heart that is in love with God? Or am I just doing
1:38.9	right and good things because they're the good and right thing to do? And obviously, that's good and right in one sense,
1:47.9	but it's not the picture that God's made you for and the life God's designed you for. This is why,
1:55.0	when Jesus is asked, what's the greatest commandment? What is the word that comes out of his mouth? It's not do this or do that,
2:03.1	which obviously, yes, we obey God, but it's love. Love the Lord your God with all your heart,
2:09.6	with all your soul, with all your mind, with all your strength. This is where life is found. And so I
2:15.7	just want to pray for our hearts. lead us to ask God to help us,
2:22.7	to serve him, to love him, to obey him with a whole heart today. God, may it be so. We pray
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