Today, I am reading and commenting on 2 Kings 19-21.

The message which God gave to Isaiah concerning Sennacherib’s threats against Jerusalem can be a lesson for us today when people speak against God and His people.  God had given power to Sennacherib in order to accomplish His purposes, but Sennacherib came to believe that his successes were due to his wonderfulness.  Like many he ridiculed God and those who put their faith in Him.  He thought that his success meant that nothing could keep him from accomplishing whatever goal he set himself.  God replied that all that Sennacherib had accomplished was according to His plans from long before Sennacherib had been born.  God has made His plans for us and will use us to accomplish His goals.  If we accept His plans for us and willingly serve Him, He will bless us.  If, on the other hand, we ridicule God and His people, He will show us the folly of our ways.

The prophecy God gave through Isaiah to Sennacherib bears a close resemblance to a psalm of David.  Isaiah said to Sennacherib:
“But I know where you are
    and when you come and go
    and how you rage against me.”
And this was a warning.  David said of God in Psalm 139,
“You know when I sit and when I rise;
    you perceive my thoughts from afar.”
After telling him that He knew his comings and goings, God told Sennacherib,
“I will put my hook in your nose
    and my bit in your mouth,”
Those are not pleasant ways to be guided.  David on the other hand after saying that God knows his comings and goings said,
“I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful,
    I know that full well.”
Both David and Sennacherib were directed by God, but responded differently.  

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.