Who of all the gods of these countries has been able to save his land from me? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?” - 2 Kings 18:35 NIV
Things had been crumbling for a while when Hezekiah became king. Israel was on the brink of being carried away to Babylon and Judah had been under the influence of ungodly kings as well. Hezekiah knew that deliverance would not come from any other gods even though they appeared to be leading the enemy to victory. Hezekiah had to endure the taunts of the enemy..."How can the LORD deliver?"
How can the Lord God deliver? How can he not deliver? He is a covenant keeping God. With those who keep his covenant he remains constant. With the faithful in Judah in the fading days of the kings, with the Christians in Iraq, with the Christians in Kenya, with the Christians in Egypt. All over the world, when God's people keep their covenant, God upholds his side of the covenant as well. It may not appear that way to the enemy,. They may think they are winning, but those who are being persecuted know that God's covenant is firm. They are at peace. They rest in the shelter of His wing. They know that following Christ may mean they have to pick up their cross, but the same God that carried that heavy cross up Calvary's hill is alive and living in their heart. There is nothing any enemy can do to change that reality. How can he not deliver?
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