Daily Wisdom

Isa 39:8 “Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days.”

It is just with God to take that from us which we make the matter of our pride, and on which we build a carnal confidence.

Consider David’s pride in numbering his people, God took a course to make them fewer.

Now we see Hezekiah boasts of his treasures, and looks upon them with too great a complacency, he is told that he acts like the foolish traveler who shows his money and gold to one that proves a thief.

If we could but see things that will be, we should be ashamed of our thoughts of things that are.

If Hezekiah had known the successors of Babylon would hereafter be the ruin of his family and kingdom, he would not have been as boastful and complacent with God’s faithfulness.

We cannot certainly foresee what will be, but are told, “All is vanity” (Ecc 1:2), and therefore it is foolish vanity for us to take complacency and confidence/pride were humility should be.

Such confidence/pride in one’s life is prone to lead them into alliance with equal character.

Hezekiah thought himself to be very happy in his friendship with Babylon, though it was the mother of harlots and idolatry. 

And what started off as good courtship brought about the fall of Jerusalem… (1 Cor 15:33 “Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.” NASB)

Point being: Hezekiah got a what he wanted, but what he got wasn’t worth having!

Hezekiah came to know God’s blessings and deliverance for his family and kingdom would end with him (vs 8).

Why, he left his humility and, in his confidence/pride walked out of God’s will into folly and vanity?

Be careful with choices that change God’s course, it can also change your source for confidence

HSAY… Todd