Now, therefore, do not let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you in this fashion, and do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you out of my hand! - 2 Chrn 32:15
This passage is like watching a suspenseful movie: the bad guy always puts the good guy in a "death trap" that will slowly kill him by some unique means (like being lowered into a pit of piranhas). The good guy, of course, escapes and saves the day. But this is real life and we are not sure if Hezekiah's tale will end in movie-like fashion. We have actually seen this story before - it is quite similar to David and Goliath. Sennacherib (through his servants) makes the following 'battle' a spiritual one; it is your god against my god. But he has messed with the wrong god - this god is the Lord God, those other gods were not gods at all. We are often overwhelmed at the progress certain philosophies make into our lives. We see them as unstoppable forces that cannot be turned, but yet our God has the victory time and time again. We see systems that refuse to acknowledge the lordship of Jesus and we see them fall. This is a predictable pattern throughout history - if you fight God you will lose. I like the T-shirt that says on the front - "'God is dead.' - Nietzsche" but on the back it says, "'Nietzsche is dead.' - God."
