I have a couple of verses of
Scripture I want to share with you out of 2 Chronicles chapter
32. 2 Chronicles chapter 32. It would be well if you read
this entire chapter when you have opportunity. I'd like to
read verse 7 and verse 8. 7 and 8 of 2 Chronicles chapter
32. These are the words of Hezekiah.
Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed. For
the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with
him, for there be more with us than with him. With him is an
arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord our God to help us. and to fight our battles. And
the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah, king
of Judah." This was a time of great trial and affliction for
the people of God. The Assyrians had encamped against their fenced
cities and fought to win them for himself. Sennacherib, king
of Assyria, a mighty force was trying to develop in order to
fight against Jerusalem, and they'd been very successful in
the land about, and figured that they could, as they had overcome
other nations and gods of this earth, that they could overcome
the God of heaven and the people of God that he was protecting
and blessing. And so Hezekiah, being a man
of prayer, a man of faith, and that's very important to understand
because the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah, king
of Judah. You don't want to rest your soul
on words from some man who is not a praying man and a man who
is not a man of faith. This was a man of faith, a man
of prayer. And what was the word that the
people rested themselves upon? The word was, for there be more
with us than with him. That's the word. And that's the
good word this morning, there be more with us than with our
enemies, with the enemy of our soul. Now sometimes it's very
difficult in the midst of battle, in the midst of real trial, fierce,
fierce assaults from Satan in this world for the people of
God to believe that there's more with them than there are with
him. But it's a true statement. If
God be for us, what good does it do anyone to be against us?
We're more than conquerors through Him that loved us. We're always
made to triumph in the name of our God. What is the good word? The good word is that with Him
is an arm of flesh. Ha, there's a difference here,
isn't there? But with us is the Lord our God to help us. and to fight our battles. Beloved,
the people of God this morning should rest themselves in these
words. Rest themselves in these words
and anchor their soul to them, knowing that the Lord is on the
side of His people. It pleased the Lord to make you
His people, and you're the sheep of His pasture. You're His treasure. the apple of his eye. Therefore,
the Lord is going to fight your battles and the Lord is going
to help you. We have this arm of the Lord,
the arm of Jehovah, the great and mighty God who will defend
us as we go through this world and will shield us from the unrighteous
and all of the foes that gathered themselves against us. Well,
I was greatly blessed as I looked on these words. The people rested
themselves upon the words of Hezekiah. Now you see, we need
something, don't we, to give us rest. And to hear a word from
the Lord, to hear a word from the prophet of God, to hear a
word from a man of faith and a man of prayer will certainly
stand us in stead and anchor our souls. So may the words here
this morning of Hezekiah be an encouragement to us and may the
Lord bless us as we gather this morning in the Savior's name. Now Aaron had