Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Tues.'s Devo - The Right Response


Read Isa. 37:1-29
 When Isaiah heard the news of Rabshekeh's army he rent his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord - right response.  He then sent Eliakim to find Isaiah and tell him what was going on and ask him to get God's word.  Rabshekeh had already conquered the Judean cities on his way to Jerusalem.  Would God save the remnant there?  Isaiah told him not to fear the Assyrians that blaspheme Him because he was going to send him a rumor that would make him return to his own land where he would be killed.  Sennacherib, king of Assyria, was fighting Lachish, a Judean town about 30 miles from Jerusalem when Rabshekeh came and reported what was going on in Jerusalem.  They were going to have to shift their strategy to Ethiopia but Sennachrib sent a reminder to Hezekiah that the gods of other nations couldn't deliver them, so neither would their god deliver them.  Little did Sennacherib know that their god was not dead but alive and well able to deliver them.  Hezekiah took this threatening letter into the temple and spread it before the Lord and prayed...once again, right response.  Because of his response, Isaiah sent him a message saying that by mocking the children of Jerusalem, they had mocked the Lord and he was going to bring their arrogance down.  The Lord would take the Assyrians by a hook in the nose and like a wild animal lead them in disgrace back to their land. 
Lord, help us to have the right response when facing attacks of the enemy.  Give us strategies to fight and faith to stand.




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