“Zephaniah, a contemporary of Judah’s King Josiah, represents a type of leader that every organization needs. Josiah was the godly king who, as a 20-year-old monarch, began to initiate much-needed national reforms. He restored the worship practices of old, ordered the Book of the Law to be read aloud, and required everyone to bow down and repent for their sin and (un)spiritual drifting. “Merely external reforms, however, remain incomplete. You cannot perfume a skunk and expect to transform him! Many in Josiah’s day performed the repentance rituals but continued in their secret sins. Many never acknowledged their private sinfulness, nor did they inwardly repent of their personal wickedness. John Maxwell, in his NKJV Leadership Bible, pg. 1111.
Ponderings of a Sojourner 