The God of our Circumstances is in Control

“He told them, “Tell King Hezekiah of Judah these things: ‘Don’t be fooled by the god you trust when he says Jerusalem will not be defeated by the king of Assyria. You have heard what the kings of Assyria did to all the other countries. We completely destroyed them! Will you be saved? No!”
2 Kings 19:10-11 ERV

I love this particular story in 2 Kings. The King of Assyria has sent messengers to King Hezekiah and told him that he was about to soundly defeat them. He reminded Hezekiah that he defeated every other nation that he challenged. He even said that he destroyed all the gods of those countries that they had depended to save them. It looked bleak. If Hezekiah looked at the "seen" he would have felt that it was hopeless.

We have circumstances like this in our life when we are ready to throw in the towel. It seems hopeless. We see certain defeat. We cannot see how it will turn out. We look at the circumstances and not the God of our circumstances. Listen to what Hezekiah said,

"It is true, Lord. The kings of Assyria did destroy all those nations. They did throw the gods of those nations into the fire. But they were not real gods. They were only wood and stone—statues that people made. That is why the kings of Assyria could destroy them.”
2 Kings 19: 17-18 ERV

In times like this, we have to read truth, speak truth, memorize truth, post the truth, turn to truth, believe truth. Draw a line in the sand and quit listening to the lies of the enemy when he proclaims that there is no way out. Somehow when I think of the people that may read this today, I can picture the things that you are facing and the hopelessness that you are feeling about your battle. Look what happened to King Hezekiah and have confidence that you serve the same powerful God.

"That night the angel of the Lord went out and killed 185,000 people in the Assyrian camp. When the others got up in the morning, they saw all the dead bodies.”
2 Kings 19:35 ERV