Friday, December 21, 2007

Who is stronger?

Dec 22

Is 37:5-7 - When the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah, Isaiah said to them, “Say to your master, ‘Thus says the Lord: Do not be afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which the young men of the king of Assyria have reviled me. Behold, I will put a spirit in him, so that he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land, and I will make him fall by the sword in his own land.’

Who is stronger than the Lord? King Hezekiah is warned not to be afraid because of words and the reason he is not to be afraid is because God will send rumor and will personally see that the king and his men do not live. The answer to all our fears are God’s words. How foolish I am when I face fears and do not go to God’s word to find the remedy. There is nothing to fear but God because he is in control of everything.

Dt 25:17-19 - Remember what the Amalekites did to you along the way when you came out of Egypt. When you were weary and worn out, they met you on your journey and cut off all who were lagging behind; they had no fear of God. When the Lord your God gives you rest from all the enemies around you in the land he is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!

Those who do no fear God sin ruthlessly against God and His people. God will act in vengeance, therefore we need not be afraid of unfulfilled injustice. Vengeance is mine says the Lord, and in this case the Israelites were going to be the ones to blot out the memory of these evil men forever. Truly, God is in control.

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