2 Kings 19:8

2 Kings 19:8 says, So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.  When Rabshakeh returned to Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, he found him at war with Libnah.  Matthew Henry says that it is unclear whether he had taken Lachish before leaving or given up believing it would be too hard.  Even though they might not believe in God and fight against Him and His people, people of the world are still often at war with each other.  Verse nine adds, And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,  The king of Assyria then heard that Tirhakah, king of Ethiopia, was coming to fight against him.  Whether this was true or not didn't really matter at this time, but it gave him a sense of urgency to take Jerusalem.  Even rumors of war can cause people to take certain actions to defend themselves today, and we do hear of alliances being rearranged and causing problems.  Verse ten continues, Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.  Sennacherib then sent a message to Hezekiah telling him not to believe that God could deliver Judah from him.  People would still like to have Christiians believe that God cannot deliver us from the powerful nations or even powerful people of the world.  Still, we must never lose faith in God, no matter how bad our situation may be.  Verse eleven declares, Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?  Hezekiah was to be reminded of what the Assyrians had done to other nations, utterly destroying them.  It doesn't really matter what other countries may have done to other nations.  They have never defeated God and never will.  Verse twelve adds, Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar?  He then said the gods of these lands had not saved them, but what the people of Judah needed to realize was that these other gods were false gods to begin with.  There are many false gods today who cannot protect those who believe in them, but they are not the true and living God.  Verse thirteen continues, Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?  Sennacherib then asked where the kings of some of these defeated lands were, and the implication was that they were dead or at least no longer in power.  Again, this really had nothing to do with the power of God and His ability to protect His people.  If leaders of the world today proclaim their power over other people who followed other gods, that should not cause the followers of Christ to fear them.  Verse fourteen states, And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.  When Hezekiah received the letter, he went up to God's house and spread the letter before Him.  If we are in a bad situation today as Christians, we need to take our fears and concerns and lay them out before God.  Verse fifteen adds, And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord, and said, O Lord God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.  Hezekiah then acknowledged the God of Israel to be the only God, just as we as Christians must do today.  Verse sixteen continues, Lord, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, Lord, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.  Hezekiah asked God to see and hear what Sennacherib had said.  We never have to fear that God is not aware of what is going on in the world today, so instead of trying to infom Him, we just need to continue to live by faith in Him.  Verse seventeen says, Of a truth, Lord, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,  Hezekiah then informed God of what the Assyrians had done to other nations, but God already knew.  We don't need to tell God about powerful enemies we may have because He already knows.  Verse eighteen adds, And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.  Hezekiah then said that the Assyria had cast the gods of these defeated nations, who were no gods but simply manmade things, into the fire and destroyed them.  The God Who controls everything is not a manmade god though and cannot be destroyed by people that He made.  Verse nineteen continues, Now therefore, O Lord our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord God, even thou only.  Hezekiah then asked God to save Judah so that the world would know that He alone was God.  One thing we as followers of Christ must never forget is that God is the only God, and no matter how many other false gods may be destroyed, He never will be.