Post by Woody Williams on Oct 9, 2007 7:12:58 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- II Kings 19:8-12, 35-36
----------
The Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria fighting
against Libnah; for he had heard that the king had left Lachish. When
the king heard concerning King Tirhakah of Ethiopia, "See, he has set
out to fight against you," he sent messengers again to Hezekiah,
saying, "Thus shall you speak to King Hezekiah of Judah: Do not let
your God on whom you rely deceive you by promising that Jerusalem
will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. See, you have
heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, destroying
them utterly. Shall you be delivered? Have the gods of the nations
delivered them, the nations that my predecessors destroyed, Gozan,
Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar?
That very night the angel of the LORD set out and struck down one
hundred eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians; when
morning dawned, they were all dead bodies. Then King Sennacherib of
Assyria left, went home, and lived at Nineveh.
Devotional
----------
Assyria did attack Judah. They circled the city and prepared to
destroy them. But, God did intervene and the Assyrian army was
decimated. They fled back to Assyria. Hezekiah's confidence in God's
promise bore fruit in their deliverance. Have faith in God's promise
and trust his loving purpose.
Prayer
--------------
Thank you, Lord, for claiming my life and calling me into a faith
relationship. Amen
----------
The Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria fighting
against Libnah; for he had heard that the king had left Lachish. When
the king heard concerning King Tirhakah of Ethiopia, "See, he has set
out to fight against you," he sent messengers again to Hezekiah,
saying, "Thus shall you speak to King Hezekiah of Judah: Do not let
your God on whom you rely deceive you by promising that Jerusalem
will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. See, you have
heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, destroying
them utterly. Shall you be delivered? Have the gods of the nations
delivered them, the nations that my predecessors destroyed, Gozan,
Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar?
That very night the angel of the LORD set out and struck down one
hundred eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians; when
morning dawned, they were all dead bodies. Then King Sennacherib of
Assyria left, went home, and lived at Nineveh.
Devotional
----------
Assyria did attack Judah. They circled the city and prepared to
destroy them. But, God did intervene and the Assyrian army was
decimated. They fled back to Assyria. Hezekiah's confidence in God's
promise bore fruit in their deliverance. Have faith in God's promise
and trust his loving purpose.
Prayer
--------------
Thank you, Lord, for claiming my life and calling me into a faith
relationship. Amen