Today, I am reading and commenting on  Isaiah 36-38.

I always love reading the story of Sennacherib’s threat to Jerusalem.  It is really a great story about God’s power, and how He treats those who arrogantly challenge Him.  However, there is one aspect of this story that I have rarely seen touched upon.  Initially the message which Sennacherib’s field commander delivered to Hezekiah’s representatives claimed that the Assyrian king was acting on following God’s command to invade Judah in response to Hezekiah taking down the high places where people had worshiped God.  And while this message was ostensibly being delivered to King Hezekiah, the passage makes clear that it was delivered so that the general populace of Jerusalem would hear and understand what was being said.  However, the Assyrian representative was unable to maintain the ruse for long.  When Hezekiah’s emissaries pushed back a little, the Assyrian revealed what they really thought about God, that He was of no consequence.

All of that leads me to something we see time and again: people who hold God in contempt will couch their arguments as being about following God’s will, but when given a little room to run with their arguments will quickly reveal their disdain for God and for those who put their trust in Him.  Let us not be misled by those who attempt to undermine our faith by appealing to our faith.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.