the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 3 of 5
Isaiah 37:21-38
Hezekiah has put into practice Isaiah 30:14 "In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength". As a result he has not been ashamed. His faith honours the LORD and in reply the LORD honours his faith. Just so, today God is "the Same" (Isaiah 37:16, JND translation). He cannot fail to answer the weakest faith for His own glory is at stake.
Once Hezekiah has handed over the matter, the LORD takes the responsibility for answering the king of Assyria’s letter in a way that the latter was very far from expecting. He considered the LORD incapable of saving Jerusalem (Isaiah 36:20). In fact, a single angel of this God he has scorned is sufficient to strike down one hundred and eighty-five thousand troops in his army. Forced to abandon his campaign, Sennacherib returns to Nineveh frustrated and covered with shame. Then in his turn he dies at the hands of his own sons. What a contrast between the proud, haughty conqueror meeting disaster in the very temple of his idol, and the humble king of Judah, clothed in sackcloth, remaining in the House of his God to obtain his deliverance (see Psalms 118:5)!
Let us marvel at the grace of God which even adds to this deliverance a sign. He knows the needs of His people and promises to provide for their well-being (v. 30; Matthew 6:31-33).
