This morning I was meditating on Isaiah 36-39. A few things jumped out at me. First, I have often identified with Hezekiah and the overwhelming obstacles he faced. When he was king of Judah; the king of Assyria with his great army, destroyed and laid waste every city and nation in its path, on its way to Jerusalem. The king of Assyria sent his messenger Rabshakeh, to Hezekiah, threatening that Jerusalem would be delivered and be destroyed by the Assyrian army, just like every other city and nation was, unless Hezekiah surrendered. But Hezekiah sought God for deliverance and said, Is 37:18-20 “of a truth, Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their countries, and have cast their gods into the fire…..Now, therefore O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know, that Thou art the Lord, even Thou only.” Hezekiah stated a lesser truth by not denying and validating the destruction the Assyrian army had performed by sight. But he also stated in the same sentence a higher truth when he prayed that God would save Jerusalem from the Assyrians and all the nations of the earth would know the One true God. In Is 37:36 an Angel of the Lord slew 185,000 Assyrian soldiers, and the Assyrian king departed for his own country and was slain there. In application, A.L.S is indeed a fatal deadly disease with a history of death and destruction associated with its name. But my God has conquered death and risen from the grave, and by His stripes I have been healed!!  No weapon formed against me shall prosper. This disease is not unto death but for the Glory of God (Jn 11:4).

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