Friday 21, November 2014
TEXT: 2 KINGS 18:26-37Key Verse: “Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria” (2 Kings 18:30).
On August 27, 1792, the Duke of Brunswick, commander-in-chief of the allied army in the French Revolution who was then in the plain of Champagne, on his way to Paris with about ninety thousand men threatened to reduce the whole Paris to ashes. Shortly after his boasting the blast of God shook him, for on September 20 of the same year, almost all his army was destroyed by a fatal disease and himself obliged to retreat.
In our text today, the Assyrians had already overthrown the gods of Hamath, Arpad, Hena and Iyah. Therefore, they thought Jehovah would be like one of them and would not be able to deliver Jerusalem out of their hand. The impudent blasphemy of their speech is without parallel against God. So, God himself punished Senacherib, the Assyrian King.
The wicked always flatter themselves in their prosperity. Success emboldens men in transgression and they sometimes claim that they please God because He suffers them for a time to prosper in their sins. It is in vain to contend with God. Proud look and haughty spirit are both abomination before God. Our speech should not be characterised with pride and vain boasting. These are sins against God. Pride goes before destruction.
Humility of heart and obedience to God’s word are true great virtues. To enjoy the blessings of God, we must be humble in our heart, in our attitude, action and disposition. This is the path to greatness in God’s Kingdom. The way up is down, and God giveth more grace and promotion to the humble soul.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Only the foolish can ask: where is your God?
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