What Can I DO???

Over and over these days, I say to myself, "WHAT CAN I DO???"

My flesh wants to "do" something. SURELY there must be "something" I can do Lord about my sister, my son and so much more.

Tonight in our small group lesson, we learned about Hezekiah. MAN, what a lesson!
In 2 Kings 19:14-18, we read his reaction to King Sennacherib's (of Assyria) insulting letter about Hezekiah's "God of Israel" and HIS strength. He mocked Hezekiah's faith and made life difficult for him. In our day, we'd say that he worked hard at wearing him down daily with insults and challenges.

When faced with the question....WHAT CAN I DO?????......Hezekiah was right on the money with his response.....

He picked up the letter and took it to the house of God (the Temple) and laid it before the Lord.

"And Hezekiah recieved the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord."
2 Kings 19:14

WHAT A LESSON! WHAT CAN I DO????? I can do exactly like King Hezekiah....take it to the house of God and lay it before Him. Hezekiah did not do what the flesh would boil up and want to do. No.....his foundation, his faith, his trust and his commitment to the God of Israel was too profound.....

HE TOOK IT TO GOD AND LAID IT THERE!

Oh Father God, let THIS story stand as one of the greatest lessons I shall ever learn...EVERYTHING, absolutely EVERYTHING....must be taken to the Lord, the God of Israel.

As we read on in the story, the angel of the Lord slew some 185,000 Assyrians in 1 night and in the end, Sennacherib was killed by his own sons. Hmmmmmm.....seems to me, God handled it ALL just fine on His own. When will we learn that that's what God does??

WHAT CAN I DO about all these situations in my life and in our world today? I can take them to the Lord God of Israel and simply lay them at His feet.

Enough said???