2 Chronicles 29:3-4 “In the first month of the first year of his reign, he

[Hezekiah] opened the doors of the temple of the LORD and repaired them. He brought in the priests and the

Levites, assembled them in the square on the east side and said, “… consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the

temple of the LORD…:

The most important thing to do in a time of crisis is to renew our commitment to the Lord. Only after

we have done that are we free to seek His guidance on how to deal with the urgent problem we have.

2  Chronicles  30:  6  At  the  king’s  command,  couriers  went  throughout  Israel  and  Judah  with  letters  from  the  king  and  from  his  officials,  which  read:  “People  of  Israel,  return  to  the  LORD,  the  God  of  Abraham,  Isaac  and  Israel,  that  He  may  return  to  you  who  are  left,  who  have  escaped  from  the  hand  of  the  kings  of  Assyria.    7  Do  not  be  like  your  parents  and  your  fellow  Israelites,  who  were  unfaithful  to  the  Lord,  the  God  of  their  ancestors,  so  that  He  made  them  an  object  of  horror,  as  you  see.    8  Do  not  be  stiff-­‐necked,  as  your  ancestors  were;  submit  to  the  LORD  Come  to  His  sanctuary,  which  He  has  consecrated  forever.  Serve  the  LORD  your  God,  so  that  His  fierce  anger  will  turn  away  from  you.    9  If  you  return  to  the  LORD,  then  your  fellow  Israelites  and  your  children  will  be  shown  compassion  by  their  captors  and  will  return  to  this  land,  for  the  LORD  your  God  is  gracious  and  compassionate.  He  will  not  turn  His  face  from  you  if  you  return  to  Him.”  

•  2 Chron 31:21 “In everything that he undertook in the service of God’s temple and in obedience to the law and the commands, he sought his God and worked wholeheartedly. And so he prospered.”

•  2 Chron 32:1 “After all that Hezekiah had so

faithfully done, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah..”

•  2 Tim 3:12 “Everyone who wants to live a godly life in

Christ Jesus will be persecuted.”

•  2 Kings 18:14-15 So Hezekiah king of Judah sent this message to the king of Assyria … : "I have done wrong. Withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand of me." The king of Assyria demanded three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. So Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the temple of the LORD and in the treasuries of the royal palace.

•  Verse 17 Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent his

commander in chief, his field commander, and his chief of staff from Lachish with a huge army to confront King Hezekiah in Jerusalem.

2 Chron 32:4-5 They gathered a large group of people who blocked all

the springs and the stream that flowed through the land….. Then he worked hard repairing all the broken sections of the wall and building towers on it. He built

another wall outside that one and reinforced the terraces of the City of David. He also made large

numbers of weapons and shields.

2 Chronicles 32:16 “Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid nor dismayed before the king of Assyria, nor before all the multitude that is with him; for there are more with us than with him. With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God, to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah”

•  Joshua and Caleb told the people: “Only do not rebel against the LORD. And do not be afraid of the people of the land, because we will devour them. Their protection is gone, but the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them.” (Numbers 14:9)

•  Young David said to giant Goliath: . “You come against me with sword and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty whom you defiled. This day, the LORD will hand you over to me and I will strike you down and cut off your head. The battle is the LORD’s and He will give all of you into our hands.” (1 Sam 17: 45-47)

•  1 John 4:4 “You dear children are from God & have overcome them because the One who is in you is greater than the one in the world.

2 Kings 19:35 And that night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians.

And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.

•  Prov 18:10 “The name of the Lord is a strong tower – the righteous run to it & are safe.

•  Eph 6: 13-18 “Therefore put on the full armour of God, so

that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.”

•  24 In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. He prayed to the LORD, who answered him and gave him a miraculous sign.

•  25 But Hezekiah’s heart was proud and he did not respond to the kindness shown him; therefore the LORD’s wrath was on him and on Judah and Jerusalem.

2 Kings 20:12-21 Hezekiah showed off the riches of the kingdom

to the Babylonian ambassadors Romans 12:3 “Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought,

But rather think of yourself with sober judgment ….” Like Hezekiah, we often are tempted to show off.