Hezekiah’s Faithfulness

Synopsis     2Kings 17:36-18:6     9/30/2019 

The Assyrians had captured the northern kingdom. They also sacked Samaria, the capital city of the north. And, eventually they even captured Hoshea, the king of Israel, and imprisoned him. After this, he was never heard from again. 

About five years before the fall of the northern kingdom, Hezekiah became king over Judah. He was twenty-five years old at his coronation. And he served as king for twenty-nine years.  

During his reign, Hezekiah did everything he could to restore the authentic worship of God. He worked hard to eliminate the habit of worshiping God apart from the temple. And he diligently removed the idols that the people had erected on hilltops and in other locations around the kingdom. 

Reputation For God 

Hezekiah’s epithet was faithfulness. He did his best to do God’s will. And his legacy followed him as a testimony. For all time and eternity, his life’s story reveals God’s faithfulness. 

Faithfulness and Relationship 

Jesus once said, “The one who has been forgiven of much, loves much.” So, I certainly don’t mean to minimize the affective power of forgiveness and repentance in communicating the idea of God’s faithfulness.  

But when I think about the experience of faithfulness, I think about the experience of a couple who have lovingly remained faithful to one another throughout a fifty-year marriage. In that case, their mutual faithfulness is a constant that serves as a lens through which every aspect of life is interpreted and understood. It transcends the rush of newness.   

So I find that I only really discover the deepest experience of the faithfulness of God in constancy. Faithless as I tend to be , it is to the extent that I have also remained faithful to Him.  

“Many say, “My loyal friend,” but who can find someone worthy of trust?” Prov 20:6