Thursday, September 4, 2025

Isaiah 37:14

Isaiah 37:14 says, And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.  After Hezekiah received this letter from Rabshakeh, he read it and then went to the house of the Lord and spread it before Him.  If we have doubts and concerns today, we should first identify what the concern or threat is and then we need to lay it before the Lord.  We should never decide to just handle it by our own strength and wisdom. 

Verse fifteen adds, And Hezekiah prayed unto the Lord, saying, After laying the letter before the Lord, Hezekiah then prayed to Him.  God was not physically present then, but He was no less there.  When we have trouble in life today, especially if we feel threatened because of our belief in God, we need to bring all our concerns to Him in prayer.  He will always be there to listen. 

Verse sixteen continues, O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, that 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 began nis prayer by acknowledging Who God is.  He said that God alone was God.  It didn’t matter how many false gods the Assyrians had defeated, because Hezekiah served the only God that exists. Other gods will never be able to save anyone in this lifetime or the one to come, but as followers of Christ, our God has already won the everlasting victory. 

Verse seventeen states, Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear; open thine eyes, O Lord, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.  Isaiah didn’t make demands on God but simply asked Him to hear and see what Sennacherib had said which was a reproach to God.  Although God already knew this, it was a sign of obedience to God’s will that Hezekiah came Him for guidance.  There is nothing going on in our lives that God doesn’t know about, but as Christians we still need to bring all our cares and concerns to Him in prayer, not making demands about how He should answer, but just leaving it all in His hands. 

Verse eighteen adds, Of a truth, Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries,  Hezekiah then acknowledged that the Assyrians had defeated many nations already.  I believe that we as Christians need to acknowledge that there are real threats in the world today, but instead of being afraid and giving up on living by God’s commandments that we just need to continue to pray to Him for strength and guidance. 

Verse nineteen continues, 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 stated that the gods that the Assyrians had destroyed were not gods but just idols made from men’s hands.  No matter how many false gods may fail to save people from danger in the world, we don’t serve one of them as Christians. 

Verse twenty concludes, Now therefore, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord, even thou only.  Hezekiah then asked that God, the only One Who was holy, to save the people of Judah from Sennacherib.  As followers of Christ, God has already saved us spiritually from all our enemies, and this is what really matters.


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