2 Chronicles 32:1-23
The enemy came against Hezekiah, the king of Judah, desiring all that belonged to him, and he used every conceivable weapon to destroy him. He sent his servant to speak against the Lord God—letters were written putting down the God of Hezekiah, and fear and turmoil are encamped on all sides! What was Hezekiah to do? Sound familiar? Scripture states, there is no new thing under the sun. The same trouble goes on today. As you grow closer to the Lord—as your heart yearns for Him, the enemy becomes stirred, angry, and his moves become more strategic, as he lies in wait for you in subtle ways, or hits you head on with a giant blast blowing you out of the ship into a raging sea. The Arm of Flesh: The Battle for Belief begins. Your instinct is to jump in and disarm the lies, to uphold your name, and to hold onto what is "rightfully" yours. But the battle is the Lord's.
Here is our place—"Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: For there be more with us than with him: with him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah." (vss. 7-8) Believe the Word of God, pick up your Bible, and dig into the treasure of His infinite wisdom—"So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God." (Romans 10:17) Rest in Jesus Christ. Call out to Him. The king, and the prophet Isaiah, prayed and cried to heaven, and the Lord heard and saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the enemy. The lie of the Enemy is the same today since the beginning; that our God will not deliver His people, and that He has forsaken us. Jesus crushed the lie of the enemy with His heel! He is the true and living God! He does deliver! He never forsakes us! He went to the Cross for you and me! His blood was shed for us. Our sins were washed away when we come to Him in repentance. Scripture says, "For He hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him." (2 Corinthians 5:21) Also, "But after that the kindness and love of God our Savior toward man appeared. Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Which He shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior; that being justified by His grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life." (Titus 3:4-7) Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb? Come, let us believe our God! "And the Spirit and the Bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely." (Revelation 22:17)
~ Judy Hollobaugh
