WEDNESDAY: When God Mocks Your Mockers
- Jun 3
- 2 min read
Reading:
2 Kings 19:20-28
20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Your prayer to me about Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard. 21 This is the word that the Lord has spoken concerning him: “She despises you, she scorns you—the virgin daughter of Zion; she wags her head behind you— the daughter of Jerusalem. 22 “Whom have you mocked and reviled? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes to the heights? Against the Holy One of Israel! 23 By your messengers you have mocked the Lord, and you have said, ‘With my many chariots I have gone up the heights of the mountains, to the far recesses of Lebanon; I felled its tallest cedars, its choicest cypresses; I entered its farthest lodging place, its most fruitful forest. 24 I dug wells and drank foreign waters, and I dried up with the sole of my foot all the streams of Egypt.’ 25 “Have you not heard that I determined it long ago? I planned from days of old what now I bring to pass, that you should turn fortified cities into heaps of ruins, 26 while their inhabitants, shorn of strength, are dismayed and confounded, and have become like plants of the field and like tender grass, like grass on the housetops, blighted before it is grown. 27 “But I know your sitting down and your going out and coming in, and your raging against me. 28 Because you have raged against me and your complacency has come into my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will turn you back on the way by which you came.”
Romans 8:31
31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
Devotional:
The Assyrian king thought he was untouchable, boasting of his conquests and mocking the living God. But God’s response through Isaiah reveals a stunning truth: when people slander you for following God’s will, they have a bigger problem with God than with you.
The Lord reminds Sennacherib that every victory he claimed was only permitted by divine sovereignty: “Have you not heard that I determined it long ago?” God then uses Assyria’s own brutal imagery against them: “I will put my hook in your nose… and I will turn you back.”
This should bring you tremendous comfort when you face opposition for your faith. You don’t have to panic, defend yourself, or seek revenge. Romans 8:31 reminds you: “If God is for us, who can be against us?” Your job is to remain faithful; God’s job is to handle your enemies.
Reflection Question:
Who or what has been mocking your faith, and can you trust God to defend you?
Response:
We already know that nothing can separate us from God’s love. So let’s believe it fully today and walk in faith instead of fear.
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