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I agree, Pieter. The example of Hezekiah is to the point. We place our trust in God and not in earthly means.

If we contrast Hezekiah’s reign in Jerusalem in Isaiah’s day with Zekekiah’s reign during Jeremiah’s day we discover that each was beseiged by the major world power of the day, Hezekaih by Assyria and Zedekiah by Nebuchadzezzar.

Contrast the worship taking place within the city. Who was the liberal and who was the conservative?

2 Kings 24: 19 (Zedekiah) And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

2 Kings 18: 3 And he did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done. 4 He removed the high places, and broke the pillars, and cut down the Asherah; and he broke in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made; for unto those days the children of Israel did offer to it; and it was called Nehushtan.

Who knows what will come out the other side of this? All we know is that we are “strangers and pilgrims in this land” and that we “seek a better city whose builder and maker is God.”

We call evil, evil, and we call good, good. And the chips fall where they fall.

I just heard on Fox and Friends that Romney said last night “We are Americans...we make our own destiny.”

I don’t fault him for what is a catchy phrase that is intended to be a kind of determined patriotism and part of a popular understanding of self-sufficiency.

However, the truth is that all of life is in the hands of our Almighty God.

Daniel 2:20...
“Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever;
wisdom and power are his.
21 He changes times and seasons;
he deposes kings and raises up others.
He gives wisdom to the wise
and knowledge to the discerning.