2 Kings 20 | More Time, Same Problem

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Charlie Mitchell 0:01

You're listening to the Dope Daily Audio Bible, and I'm your guy, Pastor Charlie Mitchell. And today, we're looking at 2 Kings chapter 20. Let's roll. In those days, Hezekiah became terminally ill, The prophet Isaiah, son of Amoz, came and said to him, "This is what the Lord says. Set your house in order, for you are about to die. You will not recover." Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord. "Please, Lord, remember how I walked before you faithfully and wholeheartedly and have done what pleases you." And Hezekiah wept bitterly. Isaiah had not yet gone out of the inner courtyard when the word of the Lord came to him. "Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people, 'This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says. I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears. Look, I will heal you. On the third day from now, you will go up to the Lord's temple. I will rescue you and this city from the grasp of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.' Then Isaiah said, 'Bring a lump of pressed figs.' So they brought it up and applied it to his infected skin, and he recovered. Hezekiah had asked Isaiah What is the sign that the Lord will heal me and that I will go up to the Lord's temple on the third day?" Isaiah said, "This is the sign to you from the Lord that he will do what he has promised. should the shadow go ahead 10 steps or go back 10 steps?" Then Hezekiah answered, "It's easy for the shadow to lengthen 10 steps. No, let the shadow go back 10 steps." So the prophet Isaiah called out to the Lord, and he brought the shadow back the 10 steps it had descended on the stairway of Ahaz. At that time, Merodach-Baladan, son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah since he heard that he had been sick. Hezekiah listened to the letters and showed the envoys his whole treasure house, the silver, the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, and his armory, and everything that was found in his there was nothing in his palace and in all his realm that Hezekiah did not show them. Then the prophet Isaiah came to King Hezekiah and asked him, "Where did these men come from and what did they say to you?" Hezekiah replied, "They came from a distant country from Babylon." Isaiah asked, "What have they seen in your palace?" Hezekiah answered, "They have seen everything in my palace. There isn't anything in my treasures that I didn't show them." Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Hear the word of the Lord. Look, the days are coming when everything in your palace and all that your predecessors have stored up until today will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left," says the Lord. "Some of your descendants who come from you, whom you father, will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon." Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "The word of the Lord that you have spoken is good," for he thought, Why not, if there will be peace and security during my lifetime?" The rest of the events of Hezekiah's reign, Along with all his might and how he made the pool and the tunnel and brought water into the city are written in the historical record of Judah's kings. Hezekiah rested with his ancestors, and his son Manasseh became king in his place. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, I pray that this chapter reminds us that you are the giver of life. You are the keeper of our days, and you are the one who is worthy of all of our trust. We see Hezekiah cry out to you in his weakness, and we see your mercy meet him right where he was. we also see how easy it is to forget about you when things become better. So Lord, help us to remember you in every single season we encounter, whether we're up or whether we're down. When we're hurting, draw us close. When we're thriving, keep us humble. Forgive us for every single time we treated your blessing as if they came by our own strength. Forgive us for the pride that creeps in when life is going good. Teach us to live with gratitude, to steward what you've entrusted to us, and to trust you with the future that we cannot control. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.