THOSE WHO DO WHAT IS RIGHT WILL STILL BE ATTACKED

PROCLAMATION

“In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. (2 Kings 18:13)

EXPLANATION

Hezekiah son of Ahaz became the king of Judah and he did that which was right in the eyes of The Lord just as David had done.  Unlike the other kings before him, Hezekiah tore down the idols and the high places for idol worship and incense burning. (2 Kings 18:1-4)  Hezekiah trusted in The Lord.  There was no one like him and The Lord was with him. (2 Kings 18:5-8)  In the fourth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked and seized Samaria, the capital of the northern kingdom. (2 Kings 18:9)  In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all of the fortified cities of Judah. (2 Kings 18:13)  Initially Hezekiah offered to pay the king of Assyria to withdraw from Judah (2 Kings 18:14)  Then he went to the temple to consult with the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz. (2 Kings 19:1-2)  Isaiah told him that The Lord said not to be afraid and that He will make the king of Assyria want to return to his own country. (2 Kings 19:5-7)  Then Hezekiah prayed (2 Kings 19:14-19) and Isaiah told him that The Lord heard his prayer. (2 Kings 19:20)  That night the angel of The Lord went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand members of the Assyrian army and the king of Assyria withdrew from Judah, returned to Nineveh, and he stayed there. (2 Kings 19:35-36)

APPLICATION

Just because you are a believer, a child of The King, and a servant of The Lord, does not mean that the devil will not attack you.  In fact, believers should expect to be attacked.  The devil does not want us to do that which is good and right in the eyes of The Lord.  The people of the world will hate us because we are believers.  Jesus, The Christ, said that we would be hated by all men because of Him (Matthew 10:22) and that they hated Him before they hated us. (John 15:24)  So, when we are attacked, we should count it all as joy (James 1:2) and know that The Lord God is with us; He will never leave us, (Hebrews 13:5) and He will fight our battles. (2 Chronicles 32:8)