God is Sovereign - 2 Kings 16-20

God is in complete control of everything! A statement like that can often cause a great debate in a room of theologians or unbelievers. Hearing that statement, unbelievers may ask, "If He is in complete control why does He allow bad things to happen? Either He is not in control or if He is He is a mean and uncaring God ... how can He be a God of Love if He is in control and allows bad things to happen?" Theologians would argue the extent of God being in complete control. They would ask, "Is He in control over every little thing in my life? What about free choice?" Although I would not be able to answer such "deep" questions in this little devotional for the day let me simply point out some things in our text and draw a faith based conclusion that I believe and therefore accept since it is hear in the Scriptures rather than because I can explain it to all those who question it: In this section we read that the Assyrians came before Judah and King Hezekiah boasting of their triumphs and were prepared to take Jerusalem down. Their spokesperson even claimed that they were sent from God to do the deed of destruction and captivity to Judah (18:25). He claimed God was in charge and in control of their actions (and, he was an unbeliever who recognized God's sovereign control). God, of course, doesn't appreciate the Assyrians pride and when King Hezekiah prays for deliverance God sends a death angel to kill 185,000 of their soldiers (19:35). God is in complete control. When Hezekiah becomes ill and Isaiah prophecies that he will soon die, we see that God is in complete control of a man's life and death. Hezekiah prays and asks God for more life on this earth. God gives him exactly 15 years (20:1-6). God is in complete control. God even was able to move the shadow on the clock the exact amount at the exact time in the exact way to prove His power to heal (20:7-11). God is in complete control. In this box it would be hard to answer all the objections to God being totally sovereign (By the way, you can be "half" sovereign. The word means "totally in control." You either are or your not, "sovereign."). However, in this little devotional I can point out that God demonstrates that He is sovereign and we are expected to believe it. We may not like the implications or have the answers to all the objections, but that doesn't change the truth of the doctrine. God is sovereign!