Praying To The Lord For His Deliverance So That He Will Be Glorified

-July 18, 2022-

Good morning, happy Monday,

“Now therefore, O Lord our God, I pray, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You are the Lord God, You alone.”’

(2 Kings 19:19).

King Hezekiah was one of the greatest kings of Judah, along with David and Josiah. He made many reforms and led the people back to God. King Sennacherib of Assyria sent his representative the Rabshakeh to threaten them, besieging the city of Jerusalem. He had already taken Israel into captivity and captured the fortified cities of Judah. They were in dire straights.

Many other kings before him hired strong foreign armies to protect them. Not Hezekiah, he called on the Lord for help and deliverance, not on man. He not only sought the counsel of the prophet Isaiah, who gave him God’s assurance of their victory, but he prayed earnestly and fervently himself. This portion in 2 Kings 19:15-19 is Hezekiah’s prayer. He recognized the blasphemy that the Assyrians had made against the Lord by comparing the one and only true God with all the gods of other nations who could not deliver their people from the powerful hands of Assyria.

God takes these kinds of taunts and threats very seriously. He will prove Himself mighty on our behalf. 1 Kings 19:22 gives the Lord’s response, saying, “Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice, and lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel.” God fights for His people and no one can defeat Him.

No matter how many may be against us, they will not succeed. God promised in Isaiah 54:17, “No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is from Me,” ‘says the Lord.’” Paul wrote, “What shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us” (Romans 8:31).

The Assyrians amassed some 185,000 troops against Hezekiah and Jerusalem. 2 Kings 19:35 says, “And it came to pass on a certain night that the Angel of the Lord went out, and killed one hundred eighty-five thousand; and when the people arose in the morning, there were all the corpses—all dead.” The people of Judah didn’t need to fight. God fought for them. God fights for us also. The battle is not our’s but His. All glory goes to the Lord. God answered Hezekiah’s prayer that, “all the kingdom’s of the earth may know that You are the Lord God, You Alone.” We should always give all glory to Him for every answer to prayer, every victory, every miracle.

Let us pray for God’s help and deliverance and not seek man’s wisdom or strength. He will fight for us. Have a blessed day. Stay safe and healthy.

In God’s mighty power,

Dean