Mon.s Devo - The Wiles of the Devil

Read Isa. 36:1-22
Here is the actual story that I have told many posts before.  The king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh with a great army to the king of Hezekiah to get him to surrender.  They met at the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field.  In spiritual terms that means the spirits met in a Supreme holy place where conflict brings about cleansing.  Rabshakeh wanted to know what authority they were standing on and tried to use intimidation, bribery, and lies to weaken their resolve.  Hezekiah's counselors tried to get Rabshakeh to speak in Syrian language instead of Hebrew so the people wouldn't hear him and be intimidated but Rabshakeh refused.  Instead he shouted his threats so all the people could hear and blasphemed God saying he could not deliver them.  The people refused to answer him because Hezekiah had told them to keep silent.  Hezekiah's counselors were overwhelmed and told the king all that was going on outside.  When all seems impossible....there is God!
Lord, thank you for stories like today that show us how the enemy works to pull us down and make us afraid.  Help us to be strong when facing the taunts and lies of the devil.