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SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time
Focus: Hezekiah the
commander Partt.-4
(The
Humiliation)
Bible Reading
& Meditation Reference: 2Ki.
18:37-19:13; Isa.36:22-37:13
Message
of the verses: “37
Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna
the scribe and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn
and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
“1 ¶ And when King Hezekiah heard
it, he tore his clothes,
covered himself with
sackcloth and entered the house of the LORD. 2 Then he sent Eliakim who was over the
household with Shebna the scribe and the elders of the priests, covered with
sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. 3 They said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah,
’This day is a day of distress, rebuke, and rejection; for children have come
to birth and there is no strength to deliver. 4
’Perhaps the LORD your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom
his master the king of Assyria has sent to reproach the living God, and will rebuke the
words which the LORD your God has heard. Therefore, offer a prayer for the
remnant that is left.’" 5 So the
servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah. 6
Isaiah said to them, "Thus you shall say to your master, ’Thus says
the LORD, "Do not be
afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which the servants
of the king of Assyria have
blasphemed Me. 7 "Behold, I
will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own
land. And I will make him fall by the sword in his own land."’"
“8 ¶ Then Rabshakeh returned and
found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard that the
king had left Lachish. 9 When he heard
them say concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, "Behold, he has come out to
fight against you," he sent messengers again to Hezekiah saying, 10 "Thus you shall say to Hezekiah king of
Judah, ’Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you saying,
"Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria."
11 ’Behold, you have heard what the
kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, destroying them completely. So
will you be spared? 12 ’Did the gods of
those nations which my fathers destroyed deliver them, even Gozan and Haran and
Rezeph and the sons of Eden who were in Telassar? 13 ’Where is the king of Hamath, the king of
Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, and of Hena and Ivvah?’”
“22 Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over
the household, and Shebna the scribe and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder,
came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
1 ¶ And when King Hezekiah heard
it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth and entered the house of the LORD.
2 Then he sent Eliakim who was over the
household with Shebna the scribe and the elders of the priests, covered with
sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz. 3 They said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah,
’This day is a day of distress, rebuke and rejection; for children have come to
birth, and there is no strength to deliver. 4
’Perhaps the LORD your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom his
master the king of Assyria has sent to reproach the living God, and will rebuke
the words which the LORD your God has heard. Therefore, offer a prayer for the remnant that is left.’"
5 So the servants of King Hezekiah came
to Isaiah. 6 Isaiah said to them,
"Thus you shall say to your master, ’Thus says the LORD, "Do not be
afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the
king of Assyria have blasphemed Me. 7
"Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor
and return to his own land. And
I will make him fall by the sword in his own land."’"
8 ¶ Then Rabshakeh returned and
found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard that the
king had left Lachish. 9 When he heard
them say concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, "He has come out to fight
against you," and when he heard it he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
10 "Thus you shall say to Hezekiah
king of Judah, ’Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying,
"Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria."
11 ’Behold, you have heard what the
kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, destroying them completely. So
will you be spared? 12 ’Did the gods of
those nations which my fathers have destroyed deliver them, even Gozan and
Haran and Rezeph and the sons of Eden who were in Telassar? 13 ’Where is the king of Hamath, the king of
Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, and of Hena and Ivvah?’”
Today’s
SD begins the last sub-section under the 2nd main section in the
book “Be Distinct,” commentary by Warren Wiersbe on 2Kings and also parts of
2Chronicles.
The
humiliation came because of what the field commander of the Assyrian army said
about the Lord and what he said that the Assyrian’s would do to those living in
Jerusalem. The tearing of the clothes by
Hezekiah’s officials and then by Hezekiah is seen as humiliation and this is
seen in several places in the OT.
I
really like what Hezekiah did after he heard this awful news and that was go to
the house of the Lord and also send for the prophet Hezekiah to seek the Lord
on behalf of the people living in Jerusalem.
The
Lord answered this prayer that was offered to Him by speaking through the
prophet Isaiah telling Hezekiah that the Lord would send a spirit into the king
of Assyria so that he would leave the area around Jerusalem and eventually go
back to his own land where he would die.
Now it must be remembered that the Lord had already told Hezekiah in an
earlier prophecy that the Assyrian’s would never enter Jerusalem. This was told to him when he was dying but
the Lord gave him fifteen more years to live.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: This section of my SD is the application
portion of my devotions and in today’s SD I thought about the tearing of the
clothes in the OT, and many times a person tore his clothes because someone was
blaspheming the Lord of Glory. I realize
that the Lord does not need anyone to stand up for Him because He is all
powerful, but I don’t want to hear someone say blasphemous things about my Lord
without it affecting me. I must, in a
spiritual way, tear my clothes and be angry over the incident.
My Steps of
Faith for Today:
1.
Have Zeal for the Lord.
2.
Remember that life here on this earth is a battle
and I am in need of the spiritual armor.
3.
Romans 12:1-2
4.
Phil. 4:11-13.
5.
Proverbs 3:5-6.
6.
Psalm 139:23-24.
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