2 kings 18 v1-5
King Hezekiah was the king of Judah who ruled for twenty-nine years. He did what was pleasing in the Lord's sight. He trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel.
ASSYRIANS INVASIONS
2 Kings 18&19, Isaiah 36,37
There came a time when the king of Assyria came to attack Judah. Hezekiah tried to make peace by settling the king of Assyria with gold and silver. Nevertheless the Assyrian king sent his commander-in-chief to confront Hezekiah in Jerusalem. After failing to meet Hezekiah, they started shouting insults at the officials who came to meet them, they boasted about their military skill and strength, they went on to say that no one can save the people of Judah not even the God of Israel.
HEZEKIAH PRAYED TO GOD
The king of Assyria sent a threatening letter to Hezekiah, telling him that he should not trust in the Lord, the God of Israel. He said in his letter that he had managed to destroy many nations before who trusted in their gods.
Upon receiving the insulting letter, Hezekiah went up to the Lord's Temple and spread it before the Lord. He wanted God to see Sennacherib's words of defiance against the living God.
The lord answered through prophet Isaiah that Sennacherib's army will not enter Jerusalem and they will not even shoot an arrow at it. That same night the angel of the Lord went to the Assyrian camp and killed 185,000 soldiers and Sennacherib was killed by his own two sons.
We may seem vurnerable in the eyes of the enemy and he may try to take advantage of us but if we choose to spread all the ridicule before God, allowing him to fight for us, the devil faces the catastrophy because nobody mocks God. I learnt from Hezekiah that he really trusted God even if the enemy tried to put some doubts in his mind, by saying look we defeated you before and your God did not rescue you. However God said that i myself allowed you to conquer them, it was my plan, they rebelled against me.
HEZEKIAH'S SICKNESS
Isaiah 38.
Hezekiah prayed to God again when he became deadly ill and he was told by Isaiah the prophet that he was going to die. Hezekiah pleaded with God, reminding him of his faithfulness and he was healed of his illness and God added another 15 years to his life. This again assures us that God is willing to hear our case, he says come let us reason together. Therefore whatever situation we are in God can turn it arround, he is waiting for us to trust him, talk to him. PRAY!
