Notice on a slight format change:

Except for July 2012, these are mostly a collection of current devotional notes.

July 2012 is a re-write of old quiet times. My second child was born Nov 11, 1987 with multiple birth defects. I've been re-reading my QT notes from that time in my life, and have included them here. They cover the time before the birth and the few years immediately after the birth. They are tagged "historical." I added new insights and labeled them: ((TODAY, dd mmm yy)).

Thursday, September 17, 2015

QT 17 Sep 15, Isa 39:4-8, Choose wisely

Isa 39:4-8 (ESV) He (Isaiah, Ed.) said, "What have they seen in your house?" Hezekiah answered, "They have seen all that is in my house. There is nothing in my storehouses that I did not show them."

5 Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Hear the word of the Lord of hosts: 6  Behold, the days are coming, when all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have stored up till this day, shall be carried to Babylon. Nothing shall be left, says the Lord. 7  And some of your own sons, who will come from you, whom you will father, shall be taken away, and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon." 8 Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, "The word of the Lord that you have spoken is good." For he thought, "There will be peace and security in my days."

NOTE: Hezekiah's response is a less than flattering indicator of his character. He shows more concern with his peace and security than that of his future heirs. But on the other hand, there really is little he can do. He can ONLY seek to affect affairs directly related to his time. He could try to train up his children to pass on to their children certain truths, but that is already recorded in the word of God and it has not made much of an impact on children of kings to this point. In fact, it is more probable a king walks with God when his Father has NOT than a King walks with God because his Father did. Some of the worse kings came from godly Fathers. So, I suppose the most one can hope for from a temporal perspective is peace and security in their day. Secondly, there is no indication (at least here) that his "showing off" is what causes the Babylonian destruction. The actual event is 100 years in the future. Rather, it is a prophecy, given well before the time anyone could have guessed, and again underlining the fact, that God rules over the affairs of nations. So, what is the point? I think it is this--we are responsible for how we live. We can't hold ourselves responsible for others who also have free will. We have choices to make and we must do right.
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