2 Chronicles 32:15 (ESV)
Now, therefore, do not let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you in this fashion, and do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you out of my hand!’”
In the above passage we have the summary of what is wrong in the world around us. This is the world's view of God. He is just one of many. He is insignificant to mankind’s plans and power. Men believe that their sovereignty controls all gods and all gods start with a little “g.”
The context of the above passage has to do with King Hezekiah and his reforms over Judah. The king has restored the worship center and fortified the cities, especially Jerusalem. When Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, attempts to besiege the city, he uses taunting to persuade the people of Judah living in Jerusalem to surrender. He attempts to undermine Hezekiah’s leadership and faith. This is what the world does. The world attempts to dissuade the believer by causing them to compare God to the gods and lump them all into one pot. But, note what Isaiah (who is alive and on scene at this exact moment) states to the king who will eventually take down Sennacherib, Cyrus, King of Persia:
Isaiah 45:5-7 (ESV)
I am the LORD, and there is no other,
besides me there is no God;
I equip you, though you do not know me,
that people may know, from the rising of the sun
and from the west, that there is none besides me;
I am the LORD, and there is no other.
I form light and create darkness;
I make well-being and create calamity;
I am the LORD, who does all these things.
He states, though you don’t know me, I will equip you. God is going to use Sennacherib but not in the way he thinks. God is the only true God and will, in a moment, show him that. God is not to be compared to the world around us and their gods. We alone is the God of the universe and will not allow anyone to defame him.
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