2 Kings 19:5-7
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 servants 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.’”
Tag: Leadership is in the Hand of God
When we watch our favorite news channels and listen to all the talking heads pontificate about the latest political scandals, strategies and/or speculations, it is not unusual that we might fall into a sense of fear. The political landscape is scattered with failure and falsehoods. It is amazing that the non-believer can even coup with such bewilderment. For the believer we ought to have extreme confidence, however. Why? Because we know that the leaders of this world are in the hand of God and God turns them as He will:
Proverbs 21:1
The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord;
he turns it wherever he will.
In the above passage we see what happened with the King of Assyria came to destroy Jerusalem and take King Hezekiah captive. Hezekiah turned to God and and asked God, through the prophet Isaiah, for help and deliverance. God answered, not with a lighting bolt to destroy the King of Assyria, but with a “spirit ... a rumor.” What a powerful God we have. He can turn back the greatest army of the day with a rumor. A false narrative heard by the King of Assyria would rescue God’s people. God does not need much. The world is so easily swayed by a false narrative. If you watch the “talking news heads” you can hear their narratives. God sends a confusing spirit among them and they are off for the day chasing the rumor. As believers we can, like Hezekiah, rejoice in the power of the God of the universe. He truly has the kings of this world in His powerful, divine hands.
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