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The End of Man Is the Beginning of God (Isaiah 37)
May 29, 2026
Now when King Hezekiah heard the report, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and entered the house of the Lord.(Isaiah 37:1 NASB2020)
When King Hezekiah heard the arrogant words of the king of Assyria and faced the threat of national destruction, his first instinct was to enter the temple and seek God rather than seek human help.
When we reflect on ourselves, difficulties come, we often run around like headless chickens, exhausting our thoughts and searching everywhere for answers and solutions. Usually, it is only when we reach the end of ourselves that we suddenly remember God. For this is what the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “In repentance and rest you will be saved, In quietness and trust is your strength.”
(Isaiah 30:15 NASB2020)And Jesus also said:
“With people this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
(Matthew 19:26 NASB2020) God continually reminds us in the Bible to quiet our hearts first and cast all our anxieties upon Him.God is almighty, and when we rely on the One who strengthens us, many seemingly impossible problems can be resolved in unexpected ways.
Now he heard them say regarding Tirhakah king of Cush, “He has come out to fight against you,” and when he heard it he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, “This is what you shall say to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you by saying, “Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.” Behold, you yourself have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, destroying them completely. So will you be saved?(Isaiah 37:9-11 NASB2020)
At that time, the king of Assyria was extremely arrogant. He even sent letters to Hezekiah, mercilessly mocking God and denying His power to save. This resembles the suffering of Job, whose own wife urged him to abandon God in the midst of despair.
Likewise, during our journey of faith, there will always be voices that attack our trust in God—whether through the values of the world or through the unfairness and grievances we encounter in life.Yet when Hezekiah received the letter, his first response was not to argue or defend himself. Instead, he turned to God and poured out his heart before Him. He also sought out the prophet Isaiah, much like the faithful spiritual companions God places around us—brothers and sisters who can stand watch, listen, and pray together with us in difficult times.
Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written: “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.(Romans 12:19 NASB2020)
Hezekiah prayed to the Lord, saying, “Lord of armies, God of Israel, who is enthroned above the cherubim, You are the God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You made heaven and earth. Incline Your ear, Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, Lord, and see; and listen to all the words of Sennacherib, who sent them to taunt the living God. Truly, Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the countries and their lands, and have thrown their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but only the work of human hands, wood and stone. So they have destroyed them. But now Lord, our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, Lord, are God.”(Isaiah 37:15-20 NASB2020)
When Hezekiah “spread out the letter” before the Lord, it was an act of fully surrendering the situation into God’s hands. His prayer began not with complaint, but with praise for who God is and what He has done.Only afterward did he pour out all his grief, frustration, and anguish before God, asking Him to deliver them from the hand of the king of Assyria. In this, Hezekiah left us a beautiful example of prayer.
When we seek solutions to our difficulties, we often fall into human thinking, focusing only on the problems before us while forgetting that everything we experience is ultimately meant to "glorify God and bear witness to Him".
Do we also carry our own “letters from the king of Assyria” in our hands today? Perhaps they are financial pressures, broken relationships, or frustrations and limitations in our work. Let us learn from the wisdom of Hezekiah—not responding with fleshly arguments or running away in fear, but bringing these difficulties before the throne of grace of the Lord of Hosts. When we are willing to let go at the end of ourselves and quietly kneel before God in prayer, we will begin to see that where man reaches his end, God begins His work, leading us into a broad place of victory and peace.
But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be provided to you. So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.(Matthew 6:33-34 NASB2020)
by Chang Chia-Chi

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