December 25, 2013 – 2 Chronicles 31 – 32:20

I love the image of having trust in God that Hezekiah gives. This army has only arms of flesh, we have God. It basically goes back to the same idea that David had with Goliath. It is what we need to remember as we go about life in this world that has become increasingly hateful towards those that follow Christ. The world cannot defeat Christ, we are to be confident that our victory is already won, that we have nothing to fear. That is what Hezekiah is trying to stress to the people. If God is on our side, we have nothing to fear.

I also thought it was interesting how the enemy was trying to use the recent conversion (the Jews going back to God alone) as a negative against them. He taunts them because they have only one god that they are worshipping. He has already conquered many nations that had many gods. There is the misconception that quantity is better than quality. Obviously, the enemy has that misconception. All the gods in the world do not have the power of the pinkie finger of the One True God. To him, this is just another of the many idols he has seen and conquered. I guess you cannot blame him for trying to scare them into defeat before the battle, he just didn’t understand what he was up against.