Where Do You Go When Trouble Comes?

19:14~Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messenger and read it, and Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord.

During the split of Israel into two different kingdoms, the northern kingdom, Israel, lasted a little over 200 years before the Assryians besieged the city. The northern kingdom had 19 monarchs and all of them were wicked in the eyes of the Lord. The southern kingdom, Judah, will last a little over 300 hundred years. 8 of 17 monarchs followed the Lord. King Hezekiah is enthroned and he did what was right in the sight of the Lord, and he also tore down all the high places and alters that were left by the previous generation. Now we see something happen in history that is amazing. The king of Assryia just ransacked Israel and took the people captive, and its eyes now were on Judah. The king of Assyria made mention that he was better and more powerful then the gods of the lands that he destroyed so how great it the LIVING GOD. This king was vicious. He desired to take over nations and kill people. His destruction has turned to Judah, the remnant. King Hezekiah received the news and instead of 1st getting the troops ready for war or talking with his advisors. We see him go to the house of the Lord. He spread out the letter and laid flat on his face for God to be in charge of this problem.

Where do you go when trouble comes? Who do you talk to first? Is it your spouse? Good friend? Co-worker? I think about the certain times that trouble has come into my life and how sometimes I go straight to someone in confidence but I do not go straight to the Lord and say, "This is yours God; I do not want this problem or trouble, you are in control and you can take care of this." I notice the times that I do not do this, I become anxious and worrisome, but when I go to the Lord first, I have a peace and a confidence to know that He cares for my burdens and that he will lead me through this trouble. I must go to go God with confidence that he hears me but also in humility as he is in charge and in control.

I know I need to go through things to grow but I have peace that I am not alone when I do.

PJ