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2 Kings 16 | Trading Faith for Politics

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Charlie Mitchell

You're listening to the Dope Daily Audio Bible, and I'm your guy, Pastor Charlie Mitchell. And today, we're looking at II Kings chapter sixteen. Let's roll. King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet King Tiglath-Pileser of Assyria. When he saw the altar that was in Damascus, King Ahaz sent a model of the altar and complete plans for its construction to the priest Uriah. Uriah built the altar according to all the instructions King Ahaz sent from Damascus. Therefore, by the time King Ahaz came back from Damascus, the priest Uriah had completed it. When the king came back from Damascus, he saw the altar. Then he approached the altar and ascended it. He offered his burnt offerings and his grain offering, poured out his drink offering, and splattered the blood of his fellowship offerings on the altar. He took the bronze altar that was before the Lord in front of the temple between his altar and the Lord's temple and put it on the north side of his altar. then King Ahaz commanded the priest Uriah, offer on the great altar that morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, and the king's burnt offering and his grain offering. Also, offer the burnt offering of all the people of the land, their grain offering, and their drink offerings. Splatter on the altar all the blood of the burnt offering and all the blood of sacrifice. The bronze altar will be for me to seek guidance." The priest Uriah did everything King Ahaz commanded. Then King Ahaz cut off the frames of the water carts and removed the bronze basin from each of them. He took the basin from the bronze oxen that were under it pavement. To satisfy the king of Assyria, he removed from the Lord's temple the Sabbath canopy that they had built in the palace, and he closed the outer entrance for the king. The rest of the events of Ahaz's reign, along with all his accomplishments, are written in the historical record of Judah's kings. Ahaz rested with his ancestors and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David, and his son, Hezekiah, became king in his place. Let's pray Heavenly Father, I pray that we remember you when we get afraid. When we're afraid, we forget all about you. But you invite us to trust you even more when we're afraid. We don't have to be afraid. Not to compromise, but to believe that you are faithful towards us. In this chapter, we see a king who looked everywhere for help except for you. Fear led him to make choices that pulled him far away from you and your ways. So forgive us for the times that fear has driven our decision-making. When we're under pressure, help us to trust your wisdom more than our gut. When we're anxious about the future, help us to seek your guidance before we go looking for security somewhere else. Keep us from adopting the values of the world around us while neglecting the truth that you've already given us. You have not given us a spirit of fear, But of power, love, and self-control. So give us courage to stand firm in our faith, even when it's unpopular, even when it costs us something. Thank you, Jesus, that you are trustworthy. You are our refuge and strength. You are our peace in the middle of chaos, and you are our guide when we don't know where to go. In Jesus' name we pray, amen.