Read: Is. 37-39; Ps. 76
Yesterday, we read that the men of Assyria had surrounded Jerusalem and were threatening them. Hezekiah went to the temple and poured out his heart to the Lord. Isaiah told Hezekiah’s servants to tell him not to be afraid of the words of the king of Assyria because God was going to cause him to hear a rumor and return and all by the sword in his own land.
Sennacherib, the king of Assyria did hear the rumor but was determined to take Jerusalem first so he sent out even more threats. He reminded Hezekiah of all the other nations they had plundered and how their gods hadn’t been able to stop them. Hezekiah took the paper with the threats written on it and spread it on the floor before the Lord. What Rabshadek had written made God mad so he sent Isaiah to tell Hezekiah that He took personally what Rabshakeh had said. He was not just any god he was the only God and Israel was not just any city but God’s city. He would personally fight for them and destroy him. So the angel of the Lord went out and slew 185,000 that night and Sennacherib woke up to dead corpses. He took what was left of his army and left. He was killed in his own land by his own sons.
I want to point out that when Hezekiah got the word that the king was going to return to his own land he didn’t leave right away. He stayed and was even more determined to defeat them. Hezekiah continued to pray until he saw the victory. How easy it is for us to get discouraged when God doesn’t come through right away. We need to have the same response Hezekiah did and continue to pray because the answer is surely on the way.
Lord, help us not to faint in the middle of the battle but to continue to pray and have faith.
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