2 Chronicles 32:11 (ESV) — Is not Hezekiah misleading you, that he may give you
over to die by famine and by thirst, when he tells you, “The Lord our God will
deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria”?
2 Chronicles 32:20 (ESV) — Then Hezekiah the king and Isaiah the prophet, the
son of Amoz, prayed because of this and cried to heaven.
NOTE: This passage
reiterates the contrast in the previous section. Hezekiah did a lot to prepare
but ultimately it was God he trusted. Sennacherib's argument is that no other
"gods" have stopped his mighty war machine. From a physical point of
view, this was a slam dunk. There was no contest. And this was true, it was no
conquest, because it was man's efforts against God, and not as Sennacherib
thought, man against man. Hezekiah understood the distinction. And Hezekiah put
his confidence rightly in God. That did not stop him from preparing, but his
confidence was not in his preparation but in his God. To reiterate this point,
the two leaders, King and Prophet prayed. We need to prepare and we need to
pray.
PRAYER: Father, Help
me to prepare well and to pray well. I should never walk into a situation
without praying no matter how well prepared I feel. I need to trust you even
more in those moments. The times when I feel confident should be my reminder to
pray. I want to trust in you and not in myself.
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