II Chronicles 32:7 - “Be strong and courageous, do not fear or be dismayed because of the king of Assyria nor because of all the horde that is with him; for the one with us is greater than the one with him."
Do we really believe that greater is He that is in us, then he who is in the world? The author of Chronicles tells us in 32:1 that after all Hezekiah's faithful acts, the king of Assyria then attacked. In trying to reason this, some would tell us that we must have some sin in our lives. Otherwise the devourer would not have a foothold to provoke us. However, when we have been faithful and generous and loving is when we will sometimes experience a deluge of conflict as our seeming reward. These "rewards" are often orchestrated in heaven to allow us to create the heavenly gold God desires (remember Job and his testing, my friends).
When we are sure concerning Whom we have believed – and know with surety it is He who is greater than all our troubles – there is nothing that will come our way we will not accept as a gift from God. Should we embrace calamity? We should only receive it for what it is – an instrument to bring us closer to God. As with Hezekiah, if we will but trust in the Lord then our troubles will self-destruct much like the Assyrian army later in this chapter. … May we trust implicitly and love explicitly, beloved of God.
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