There are those who say, “God can’t help you. He doesn’t really exist outside your mind.” Of course, there are many variations of this kind of thinking but we can try to help those people out by telling them stories of how God HAS worked in our life.
Those of us that are call ourselves followers of Christ need to give God glory in ALL things.
Listen to this story from the Old Testament. The king of Assyria was trying to get King Hezekiah of
17The king also sent letters scorning the LORD, the God of
King Sennacherib doubted, not only that the God of Israel couldn’t help Hezekiah and his people but also that if He tried He would fail.
Then King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out in prayer to God in heaven. 21And the LORD sent an angel who destroyed the Assyrian army with all its commanders and officers. So Sennacherib was forced to return home in disgrace to his own land. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons killed him there with a sword. 2 Chronicles 32:20 - 21 (NLT)
Prayer is our most powerful weapon. It tells God that we know we can’t do something and we need Him to do it. God will not allow His name to be mocked for long. There will be consequences to those who are ridiculing Him.
Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.
Sennacherib not only lost the war, but also lost his life because he mocked God.
From then on King Hezekiah became highly respected among all the surrounding nations, and many gifts for the LORD arrived at
Because the story was told throughout the land…even the “surrounding nations” who didn’t believe in the God of Israel sent gifts to Him.
Tell your story of how God has worked in your life that all may honor him.
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