Tuesday, August 1: 2Kings 19- Where do you turn in times of trouble?.

When trouble strikes, where do you turn? Hezekiah turned to the Lord leaving us an example of faith in action. When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and went into the temple of the LORD (1).

I wondered was this real reliance on the Lord or was it a desperate man playing the ‘religious’ card in a time of need?

It didn’t take long for my answer to come. In verses 14-19 we listen in on Hezekiah’s prayer to the Lord. This is a prayer of a praying man. Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the temple of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD. And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD: “LORD, the God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, you alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. Give ear, LORD, and hear; open your eyes, LORD, and see; listen to the words Sennacherib has sent to ridicule the living God.

“It is true, LORD, that the Assyrian kings have laid waste these nations and their lands. They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but only wood and stone, fashioned by human hands. Now, LORD our God, deliver us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone, LORD, are God.”

Where do I turn when trouble strikes? I hope, I pray, that I turn to the Lord. The Lord is the true answer giver. Sometimes God works in extraordinary ways like He did with Sennacherib. Sometimes God gives human beings wisdom and strength to find the victory as He did with David against Goliath or the Judges earlier in Israel’s history. No matter the means, the Lord is the one orchestrating the way out of trouble and the people I mentioned above knew that. David continually went to the Lord for strength. The Judges were raised up after the people cried out to the Lord for help.

Where do you turn in times of trouble?... think about it

Lord Jesus, You have always been there for me, answering my prayers and cries for help. You have never let me down. Even Your “Noes” are an answer filled with grace to believe and trust. I worship You, Lord Jesus, Father and Spirit. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

 

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