Ep. 159 — We Can Trust Him + ”That Night”
That Night.
“And thus did Hezekiah throughout all the land of Judah and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the Lord his God. And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God and in the law and in the commandments to seek his God, he did it with all his heart. After all these things and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, came and entered into Judah and encamped against the fence cities and thought to win them for himself.” (2 Chronicles 30:20-21)
After Hezekiah had done the right thing, the enemy attacked. What I noticed this morning is Hezekiah's response. He consults with the rulers and determines to stop up all the water and reroute it into Jerusalem.
Hezekiah's greatest engineering feat and his most longstanding impact came as a result of enemy attack. Hezekiah's tunnel, which remains to this day, came about and was built because the enemy thought to win them for himself. Hezekiah's legacy was built in the aftermath of enemy attack, wow, and during enemy siege.
Also, he strengthened himself and built up all the wall that was broken and raised it up to the towers and another wall without and repaired Millo in the city of David and made darts and shields in abundance and set captains over them. He prepared. As Matthew Henry wrote of these verses, God will provide but so must we also.
Then he speaks comfortably to the people. I also love that it says this in 30 22 and has the chaos baked comfortably and all the Levites, which taught the good knowledge of the Lord comforting words that brought rest even in siege. Verse or chapter 32 verses seven through eight.
Be strong and courageous. Be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him. For there be more with us than with him.
With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah. Following this, a propaganda campaign ensues, an exchange of words from one side to the other. If the enemy could not win with force, military power, he would make every attempt to win by demoralizing God's people, questioning God, questioning the leadership God had placed over them, mind games, a feud of words. What is Hezekiah's response to this continuous assault on the minds of his people? “For this cause, Hezekiah and Isaiah prayed and cried to heaven, and the Lord sent an angel.” (just one, so hysterical) “Then the angel of the Lord went forth and smote in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand. And when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.”
One angel of the Lord took care of all of Hezekiah's enemies when he had done all he could and put the battle in the Lord's hands.
“Thus the Lord saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib, king of Assyria, and from the hand of all others and guided them on every side.”
That night.
Thank you for joining me for this journey!
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I look forward to the power of this habit in your life. This is Unedited.