Isaiah Chapter 37

“Say to Hezekiah king of Judah: Do not let the god you depend on deceive you when he says, 'Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.' Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the countries, destroying them completely. And will you be delivered? Did the gods of the nations that were destroyed by my forefathers deliver them?” v10-12

Has anyone ever told you that you were naive or stupid for believing in God? This is also what is going on in this passage of Isaiah; probably not too dissimilar to what we experience today as Christians. People often say that the intelligent belief is that there isn’t a God- after all there have been many times throughout history where God doesn’t seem to have stepped in and has “let” people suffer.
But, as shown by the outcome of this chapter, God is seeing and planning the bigger picture. He says in verse 26 that "Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it. In days of old I planned it; now I have brought it to pass” By the end of this chapter, God shows that he is always in control –an angel of the Lord was sent in and killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers.

This gave us a really positive message that our God of all days (who achieved massive things beyond our comprehension in the bible) is still the powerful God acting in chapter 37 of Isaiah and indeed is still relevant and powerful today, seeing the bigger picture and able to do amazing things!

Joanne Hawker & Vicky Greening