27 But the commander replied, “Was it only to your master and you that my master sent me to say these things, and not to the people sitting on the wall—who, like you, will have to eat their own excrement and drink their own urine?”
First of all,.....nasty! I'm glad to see we are back to a king that is right with God and follows him. Hezekiah is painted in a very positive light. Its refreshing.
I was laying in bed last night thinking about the readings we've been doing in the last little while, (I know, right?) and something hit me. In the beginning of the kings, the people relied on God to choose the man. Wasn't there something about the cows, and if they turned right or left? I think that was the signal from God as to Saul's kingship. Then God obviously hand picked David. But, now there doesn't seem to be much involvement from God on who is king of either Israel or Judah. Men are killed and replaced by someone new. Men are evil and are captured and someone else takes over. They are neither picked by God, or consulted by God. Its another story of men choosing their own way over the Lord's. When we don't involve him....things slant. They move slightly away from God at first, almost so small it's hard to notice. And then before you know it.....you are SO far off track, you look at it and say, "holy crap! how did I get here"
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41 Even while these people were worshiping the Lord, they were serving their idols. To this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as my their ancestors did.
ReplyDeletemy take is kind of like yours, so I'll keep it short. People start splitting their time between following God and their own desires and next thing you know they/we are so far from God its scary.
sorry I'm taking so long to catch up, I could not get my body out of bed at 5:30am since returning from Australia my clock is shifted just enough to mess me up.
knut