SELF EXPOSE`

Isaiah 39:2: And Hezekiah was pleased with them, and showed them the house of his treasures—the silver and gold, the spices and precious ointment, and all his armory—all that was found among his treasures. There was nothing in his house or all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.

And Hezekiah was pleased with them: We can imagine that this was flattering for King Hezekiah. After all, Judah was a lowly nation with little power, and Babylon was a junior superpower. To receive this notice and recognition from the king of Babylon must have made Hezekiah feel he was important.

Hezekiah wanted to please these envoys from Babylon and wanting to show them that they had good reason to be impressed with him and his kingdom. So, he did everything he could to impress them, and showed them the very best riches of the royal household – and he showed them everything.

There was nothing in his house or all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them: As the coming rebuke from Isaiah will demonstrate, this was nothing but proud foolishness on Hezekiah’s part. He is in the dangerous place of wanting to please and impress men, especially ungodly men.

It was a genuine compliment for Hezekiah to receive this recognition from the king of Babylon. But Hezekiah received it wrongly, and let it go to his head. It is easy to get too puffed up when people compliment or recognize us and to begin to take their praise and ourselves too seriously.

In this place of wanting to please man, Hezekiah is no longer a true servant of God. Paul wrote in Galatians 1:10, For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ. When we live to please men, we cannot at the same time live to please and serve God. When we live to please men, we are living to serve ourselves, because what we value from men are the praise and honor, and recognition they may give us. It is a glorious thing to live to serve men, but not to live to please them.

“Just as Samson revealed his strength to the whore, so Hezekiah revealed God’s glory to the devils as though he were their companion and had received favors from Babylon.”

Hezekiah should have said to ‘Thank you for coming and thank Merodach from his gift and invitation, but the fact is I have a divine promise to lean on; it has been confirmed personally in my return to health and cosmically in the sign of the sun. I cannot turn from faith in the promises of God.’”  Let's learn to please the Lord but not man or any creature.

Prayer: Dear Lord, I desire to please You now and always, so help me, Lord.

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