Tag: Hezekiah

In Assyria’s attack on Judah, we see Satan speaking his oft-repeated lie through the Assyrian Rabshakeh (the king’s official).

What was the lie?

“Don’t trust God. He’s trying to rob you of life.” (2 Kings 18:27, 30)

“Come to me. I will give you true life.” (31-32)

That lie goes all the way back to the garden of Eden. (Genesis 3:1-3)

How much do we trust God? Do we believe his way leads to life?

God does not promise a happy life with no problems. Hezekiah was serving God, and yet this attack came.

What will you do when problems come and life gets hard? Will you continue to trust and follow God?

Sometimes we are tempted to compromise what we believe because we think life will become easier if we do.

Hezekiah thought so at first. Instead of trusting God, he trusted the Egyptians. (Isaiah 30:1-5)

And when that didn’t work, he tried to appease the Assyrians by taking silver and gold that belonged to God.

But life didn’t get better by compromising. It got harder.

Satan is not satisfied with getting you to compromise. He wants to destroy you.

But when we put our trust in God, we ultimately find life. That’s what Hezekiah learned in the end.

What problems are you facing now? Are you feeling tempted to compromise your faith because of these problems?

Or will you trust God and follow him?