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- Yesterday2 min
How God Deals with a Proud Heart
Hezekiah did not make return according to the benefit done to him, for his heart was proud. Therefore wrath came upon him and Judah and Jerusalem.2 Chronicles 32:25God knows how to deal with a proud heart. Notice what happened when Hezekiah became proud and lived for himself: “Wrath came upon him.” Hezekiah came under the discipline of God. God loves His children too much to allow them to continue in sin.What did this wrath look like? Chronicles tells us how God dealt with Hezekiah and how He will deal with us, if our hearts become proud. “God left him to himself,” in order to test him and to know all that was in his heart” .When a person turns away in defiance and refuses to repent, things don’t go so well. The Prodigal Son knew about that. He sinned against God, and for a long time there wasn’t a hint of repentance. Life did not go well for him (see Lk. 15:11-32).In the end, he became desperate. He may have told himself that what he needed was a new job, new friends, maybe a new location. But what he really needed to do was repent.He needed to repent toward God: “I have sinned against heaven” . And he needed to repent toward the people in his life: “I have sinned… before you” .Our Lord says that the Prodigal Son “came to himself” . That’s what happened to Hezekiah. He came to his senses. When God left him to himself, the foolishness of his proud heart was exposed.Have you ever felt that God had left you to yourself to see what was in your heart? How did you respond?
- 2 days ago2 min
When a Heart Becomes Proud
Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death, and he prayed to the LORD, and he answered him... But Hezekiah did not make return according to the benefit done to him, for his heart was proud.2 Chronicles 32:24–25Why did Hezekiah not do what he said he would? God gives us the explanation of the extraordinary contradiction in this man’s life: “His heart was proud.”Remember that Hezekiah is described as the best king Judah ever had—none like him before and none like him after (2 Kings 18:5). He was a true believer. His prayers had been heard and answered by God. But pride lurked even in the heart of this godly king.When God gave this man’s life back, his heart became proud, and he lived for himself. “Hezekiah had very great riches and honour, and he made for himself treasuries for silver, for gold, for precious stones, for spices, for shields, and for all kinds of costly vessels… He likewise provided cities for himself, and flocks and herds in abundance, for God had given him very great possessions” (2 Chron. 32:27, 29).Here is a man who says to God, “I will walk humbly all my years” (Isa. 38:15). And what happens when God gives his life back? Precisely the opposite. It was all about Hezekiah. His heart became proud, and what he did was all “for himself.”The question that reveals your heart is not: Will you pray in a crisis? It is: What will you do with your life when this crisis is over? What will you do when your prayer is answered?What does this question reveal about the priorities of your own heart?
- 3 days ago3 min
Walking Humbly vs. Living Selfishly
The son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent envoys… to Hezekiah for he heard that he had been sick… And Hezekiah… showed them his treasure house.Isaiah 39:1-2Babylon was the rising superpower of the day, and Hezekiah wanted to impress the envoys. He couldn’t resist showing off his treasure.The envoys tell their crown prince, “There is serious money in Jerusalem.” And the crown prince says, “One day that treasure will be ours.”Isaiah the prophet warns Hezekiah, “The days are coming, when all that is in your house… shall be carried to Babylon. Nothing shall be left, says the LORD” (39:5-6). Good people can make disastrous decisions. And Hezekiah’s folly sowed the seed of his kingdom’s destruction.When Hezekiah heard this, he spoke one of the saddest statements in the Bible. Isaiah had also told the king that his sons would be taken away (39:7), which meant that the plundering would be in the future. And Hezekiah knew that he would only live another fifteen years.“Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, ‘The word of the LORD… is good.’ For he thought, ‘There will be peace and security in my days’” (39:8). That is sheer selfishness! “Who cares what happens to the next generation? Judgment is coming, and I don’t care as long as I am not caught up in it.”God has told us that a day of judgement is coming on the world. And it is easy to think, “That’s all right as long as it doesn’t come near me. The world can end up in hell as long as we don’t go with them.”What Hezekiah said and what Hezekiah did were very different. He said to God, “If you give my life back, I will walk humbly all my days.” But what he did was all about exalting himself.Where would you place yourself on a scale of (1) humbly thinking of others, to (5) living for yourself?
- 4 days ago2 min
Life After a Crisis
I walk slowly all my years.Isaiah 38:15God healed Hezekiah and added 15 years to his life. Now here’s the question: What use did he make of those 15 years?Hezekiah was quite clear on what he would do: “I walk slowly [humbly] all my years” . “Lord, if you give me another 15 years I will walk before you in humility.” What would that look like?A humble person seeks to glorify God “The living, the living, he thanks you, as I do this day” . “Lord, no one in the pit of destruction praises you. But You have promised me life, and I believe your promise. So I praise you today, and I will live in gratitude every day you give me.”A humble person seeks the good of others “The father makes known to the children your faithfulness” . Hezekiah was not yet a father, but he believed that God would be faithful to His promise. He makes this commitment: “I will make sure my family knows that You are God and that Your faithfulness endures to all generations.”Notice that this circle of praise keeps expanding. It starts with one man praising God. Then his family joins him. Then the entire community is drawn in. “The LORD will save me, and we will play my music… all the days of our lives, at the house of the LORD” .This is a marvellous commitment: “Lord, if you answer my prayer, here’s what I will do: I will walk humbly, I will glorify you, I will seek the good of others.” That’s what he said. But what he did was very different!If you have been facing a crisis, what will you do with your life when you get it back?
- 5 days ago3 min
One More Assurance in Times of Crisis
In love you have delivered my life from the pit of destruction, for you have cast all my sins behind your back.Isaiah 38:17When you face an unexpected crisis and your faith is tested, you can say, “I am loved” and “I am saved.” Here is the third thing you can say:I am forgiven“You have cast all my sins behind your back” . Here’s what God has done in love so that you would be saved from the pit.Godly people know that their sins are many. The closer your walk with the Lord, the greater your awareness of your own sins. The question that will determine your eternal future is not whether your sins are few or many, but whether they are before God’s face or behind His back.Think about the word cast here. “You have cast all my sins behind your back.” In Christ, God removes our sins from us as far as the east is from the west (Ps. 103:12). He flings them out of sight, behind His back.Matthew Henry says, “When we cast our sins behind our back, God sets them before His face. But when we set them before our face in true repentance, God casts them behind His back.” When God casts your sins behind His back, you can cast them behind your back as well.Life is much less certain than we like to think. We make our elaborate plans, and an unexpected crisis throws everything up in the air. How marvellous it is to know that on the darkest day, you can say with confidence, “I’m forgiven! I’m saved! Nothing can separate me from the love of God in Christ Jesus.” With such a saviour, you can face any crisis.Would you say you are more likely to cast your sins behind your back or to set them before God in true repentance?
- 6 days ago3 min
Assurance of Faith in Times of Crisis
In love you have delivered my life from the pit of destruction, for you have cast all my sins behind your back.Isaiah 38:17When you face an unexpected crisis and your faith is tested, there are three things you can always say for sure. Here are the first two:I am loved“In love you have delivered my life” . Literally, “You loved me out of the pit.” Nothing is surer in life than the love of God for you. He has proved that forever by giving His only Son for you. On your darkest day, you can say with confidence, “The Son of God… loved me and gave himself for me” (Gal. 2:20).There was no obligation on the Son of God to leave heaven and go to the cross. He chose to lay down His life. And He did it in love, for you. Nothing in life, death, or eternity will ever separate you from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus (Rom. 8:38-39).I am saved“You have delivered my life from the pit of destruction” (Isa. 38:17). There’s more here than Hezekiah recovering from sickness. This is a destruction, a tearing apart, that never ends (2 Thes. 1:9).Hezekiah is a godly king, and the worst thing he can imagine is to live and die in his sins, and then to find himself in the pit of destruction forever. He says, “Thank God, He has saved me from that!”Jesus Christ came to save you from the pit of destruction—from the hell to which our sins would rightly consign us. At the lowest point of your life, you can say to God, “In love you have delivered my life from the pit of destruction” .Spend a few minutes thanking God that you are loved and you are saved.
- 1 weeks ago2 min
Faith Prays for What God Has Promised
Oh restore me to health and make me live!Isaiah 38:16Hezekiah responds to the promise of verse 5 with the prayer of verse 16. God said, “I will add fifteen years to your life” (38:5). Hezekiah prays, “Oh restore me to health and make me live!” .Faith prays for what God has promised. “Lord, do what you have said! Heal me! Give me those 15 years!”My pastor, Derek Prime, would often say, “Pray with an open Bible.” When you see what God has promised in His Word, the right response is to pray that you will know what He has promised in your own experience.So, you read in Philippians 4:13, “I can do all things through him who strengthens me.” What do you do next? Do you say, “Oh that’s nice: God gives strength,” and then carry on? No! You pray that what God has promised will be yours. Lord, I need the strength that only you can give. Give this strength to me today.Or you read in 1 Peter 1:8, about how people who love and believe in Christ rejoice with an inexpressible joy. Do you say, “Isn’t it nice that some Christians have more joy than they can put into words”? No! You say, “If this is possible for them, then it is possible for me.” Lord, increase my joy.Then you will look at why they had such joy, and you see it is because they have a risen Saviour, a living hope, and a glorious inheritance (1:3-4). So, you ask God to increase your joy in these things.Faith turns God’s promises into prayers. So, pray with an open Bible.What would keep you from praying God’s promises more?
- 1 weeks ago2 min
Faith Is Strengthened by the Word of God
O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these is the life of my spirit. Oh restore me to health and make me live!Isaiah 38:16It’s hard to be sure of the precise order of events in Hezekiah’s life, but here’s the most likely reconstruction:Hezekiah became sick to the point of death (38:1)Despite being a godly man, he struggled with bitterness Isaiah said, “Set your house in order, for you shall die, you shall not recover” (38:1)The king turned his face to the wall. He prayed, and he wept bitterly (38:2-3)When Isaiah left, the Lord told him to go back (38:5)Isaiah spoke the Word of God: “I have heard your prayer… I will add fifteen years to your life” (38:5)Hezekiah prayed with new faith and confidence: “Oh restore me to health and make me live!” Notice the pattern: God speaks in verse 5. Hezekiah prays in verse 16. The King says, “He has spoken to me” , saying, “I will add fifteen years to your life” (38:5). So Hezekiah prays, “Oh restore me to health and make me live” .Hezekiah had been struggling with great bitterness. How did he overcome it? When a crisis comes and you discover that your faith was not as strong as you thought, what will help you?The answer is that faith is strengthened by the Word of God. “Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God” (Mat. 4:4).Reflect on a time when God used a particular verse or passage to strengthen your faith.
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