2 Chronicles 32:14-15 "Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand? (15) Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?"
Our last devotion showed the king of Assyria and his army coming against
Jerusalem. Their water supply had been cut off, but they were still determined
in their intent to destroy the city and take the inhabitants captive. Their
sheer numbers on the scene were intimidating. Their next approach to taking the
city was to approach the people with propaganda lies. First, they assumed that
Jerusalem's water supply was also stopped. Then they began their arguments to
Jerusalem. Did not Hezekiah take away all the idols, altars, and groves out of
the city. Did not Hezekiah restrict you by saying, "Ye shall worship
before one altar, and burn incense upon it?" (Yes, he did because the
altars and groves were to non-existing gods. The ONE altar was to the one and
only true and living God.) They continued their argument by saying none
of the gods of the other nations were able to stop the killing machine of
Assyria. At this point, their next statement took them across the line:
"how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand".
They were about to find out the error of their ways.
Their statement reminds me of the question King Nebuchadnezzar asked the three
Hebrew children. When those three men refused to bow down to the idol,
Nebuchadnezzar flew into a rage and asked, "Who is that God that shall
deliver you out of my hands?" He soon found out who this God of
great deliverance is. When he looked into the fire and saw four men loosed and
walking in the fire, the king declared "the form of the fourth is like the
Son of God."
Who is that God that still delivers today? Who is that One that can thwart the
enemy's greatest attempts to destroy? Who is that One that can loose the bonds
of the world even in the midst of fiery trials? Who is that One that can break
the chains of imprisonment? Those chains may be addictions, or emotions,
habits, or whatever. OUR GOD IS ABLE!
The Lord Jesus Christ is the God of deliverance He delivered us from
being dead in trespasses and sins through the shedding of His own blood. He
took the penalty of death that belonged to us and paid it in full. Do not let
the enemy intimidate you. Christ is standing strong and victorious on your
side!