Please read 2 Kings 20.
www.blueletterbible.org/nasb/2ki/20/1/s_333001
Meditate on verse 13.
Hezekiah listened to them (the men from Babylon),
and showed them all his treasure house, the silver
and the gold and the spices and the precious oil and the house
of his armor and all that was found in his treasuries.
There was nothing in his house nor in all his
dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.
The LORD wants you to pay careful attention to Hezekiah’s story because He recorded it three times in the Bible—2 Kings 18-20; 2 Chronicles 29- 32, and Isaiah 36-39.
Pride overcame Hezekiah after the LORD heard and answered his prayers for protection from the Assyrians and healing from a mortal illness. When God in His mercy granted Hezekiah health and 15 more years of life, he stopped walking humbly with God and proudly showed off all of his God- given blessings to men who are actually Babylonian spies. The people of Judah would soon pay dearly for a king who got full of himself.
Be mindful of pride that can creep in as you experience the LORD’s favor. Be diligent to have a humble and grateful heart toward God for His unmerited love and mercy, remembering to be kind and unarrogant toward others who experience God’s blessings in different ways than you.
Pray 2 Kings 20:3 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).
“LORD, I beseech You to help _______ and me
remember to walk before You in truth and with a whole heart.
Help us to do what is good in Your sight.
In Your name, Jesus~”
The WATCHMAN on the WALL, 3 – Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell
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