Daily Devotions
June 2nd, 2021 by Pastor Solley2 Chron 32:1-8 After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.
2 And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem,
3 He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him.
4 So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?
5 Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance.
6 And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying,
7 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:
8 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.
KJV
Another battle in this spiritual war we are in and the words “Be strong”. Hezekiah may very well be the best king ever to rule over God’s people with the exception of David. Hezekiah led a great revival, brought the people back to the Lord and to real worship of the Lord. He as well did much in the way of building cities and providing good government for the people. Yet he had his enemies and here one has come with a great army to defeat and destroy the king and the people. The Bible tells us in verse five that he strengthened himself, but did he really? We find the strength of King Hezekiah in verses seven and eight. “There be more with us”. Hezekiah and his army were greatly outnumbered. Did the king not see the obvious? Did the king forget how to count? Was the king badly informed? None of those things are true. Hezekiah was looking through spiritual eyes. Yes there was an army armed with weapons of the flesh that should have been able to sweep over Hezekiah and his army, but Hezekiah was standing with the Lord and giving the battle to the Lord. What a blessing to read on in the chapter and see how the Lord defeated the army sent by Satan and delivered Hezekiah. We are outnumbered today, we stand in the minority today, but when we stand with the Lord Jesus Christ numbers do not matter, God will give the victory.