Isaiah 36 ~ Praying Scripture

Please read Isaiah 36.

Meditate on verse 18.

But they were silent and answered him not a word;

for the king’s commandment was, “Do not answer him.”

Enter Rabshakeh, the Assyrian bully.  He is sent by Sennacherib, king of Assyria, to Judah.  Rabshakeh seizes the fortified cities of Judah and then taunts the people about trusting in God.  He brags about coming up against Judah without the LORD’s approval.  He threatens the people not to believe King Hezekiah when he says, “The LORD will deliver us.”

Do you have a Rabshakeh in your life?  Someone who tries to “shake” your confidence in Christ?  Someone who wants you to question the LORD’s miraculous provision and care for you and your family?  Someone who tells you that God is not trustworthy, and you need to be doing something different rather than waiting and depending on the LORD?

Sometimes Rabshakeh is a person who is trying to talk you into doing something that is not God’s will for your life.  Sometimes Rabshakeh is the voice in your head that doubts God and His promises.

Rabshakehs need to be ignored.  You do not owe them an answer, and if Rabshakeh is in your head, stop “conversating” with him and start praying without ceasing to the One Who is your only source of strength and provision.

Pray Isaiah 36:7 and 21 today.

“Father, my trust is in You, LORD, my God!

Give me the wisdom not to answer the Rabshakehs in my life.

I only have to answer to You, Jesus,

In Whose Name I pray~”