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Hezekiah
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Name Means |
"The Lord has strengthened." |
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Reference |
II Kings 18:1 - 20:21
II Chronicles 29:1 - 32:33
Isaiah 38:1 - 39:8 |
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Reign |
29 years (715 -686 B.C.) |
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Theme |
Letting God work through you. |
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Lesson |
God will use you greatly if you are obedient to His will and Word. |
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Key Verse |
"And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law; and
in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered."
(II Chronicles 31:21) |
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Memory Verse |
"And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy
soul, and with all thy might." (Deuteronomy 6:5) |
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Application |
For the Christian, seeking God's glory should always come first, even in our
most distressing times. What blessing can be ours if, like Hezekiah, we would only
seek the Lord in all we do and let Him do His will through us. |
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Spiritual Epitaph |
"And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the
sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem
did him honour at his death."
(II Chronicles 32:33) |
Hezekiah's track record is just as impressive as his fahter Ahaz's was ingominious.
Hezekiah repaired the damage caused to the Temple by his father; inspired his
people to seek and serve the Lord; celebrated the Passover,
something that hadn't been done in generations; and brought peace (for a time) to his
people. Yet, despite this, Israel was still attacked by the fierce Assyrian army
which had just defeated the northern kingdom and carried it off into captivity.
But unlike so many kings before him, Hezekiah did not panic when his country was under
siege by making a treaty with a pagan nation. Instead, Hezekiah humbly sought the Lord
first and soley: "Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of
his (Assyria's) hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the
LORD God, even thou only" (II Kings 19:19). Hezekiah's prayer is an amazing one. When
most of us pray out of distress, we seek only deliverance. However, Hezekiah sought
deliverance on the basis that God would be glorified. Even in the most dire circumstance
of his life, Hezekiah still sought God's glory first. And God responded mightily, slaying
180,000 Assyrian troops that very night.
Just as Ahaz's sin nearly enslaved his people, so Hezekiah's righteousness redeemed his.
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