Daily Wisdom

Isa 38:1 “… Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die and not live.”

Do we truly want what God wants?

Interesting that Kind Hezekiah was more interested in the Lord’s temporal deliverance than he was His eternal deliverance.

Hezekiah just spent Ch. 37 praying for his kingdom and its deliverance from Assyria.

Which God faithfully delivered by defeating the Assyrians with His own hand.

Yet, when the Lord sent His message through Isaiah for Hezekiah to prepare his home, that the Lord was calling him home eternally Hezekiah wanted nothing to do with that deliverance.

One must be cautious in seeking their will over the Lord’s.

Point being: Hezekiah got what he asked for, but not what he wanted!

Meaning the kingdom, he once prayed for God’s protection over, ended with a leader who did more damage than an army could.

Hezekiah’s life turned to folly and foolishness with Babylon and he birthed the most wicked king Israel ever experienced in his own son Manasseh who ruined the nation (2 Kg 21).

Doing something for God (I have walked before thee in truth) does not entitle us to reimbursement from God (Lk 17:6-10).

Selfish giving always leads to selfish living, which is never a good thing (Pro 16:8)

Hezekiah wanted HIS will for his life more than he wanted God’s will, so God gave him what he wanted.

With selfishness, you’ll get what you want, but you won’t want what you get (II Sam 13:1-15).

Be careful what you wish for, you might just get it.

HSAY… Todd