HEALING & THE SENNACHERIBIAN SYNDROME!

2 Kings 18:35 "What God of any nation has ever been able to save its people from my power? Name just one! So what makes you think that the Lord can rescue Jerusalem?"

King Hezekiah and the entire Nation of Jerusalem was facing insurmountable odds and the probability of total annihilation, as Sennacherib and the vast hordes of Assyria descended upon their walls. Assyrian ambassadors issued verbal taunts and threats against the people of Israel predicting their total devastation.

Perhaps you just received a devastating doctor's report, and you, a member of your family, or a close friend are facing insurmountable odds. Maybe your children have gone astray, or your mate is expressing dissatisfaction with your relationship. Perhaps you're facing financial hardship and to make matters worse, you've lost your job. It appears that all is lost. What are we to do?

Your family has a history of heart disease, cancer or diabetes. You live in the sate of Maryland with one of the highest cancer rates in the world. Worldly odds suggest that sometime in your lifespan, you are going to hear the voice of our enemy shouting the words of impending doom, destruction and defeat! Hezekiah and his people were facing the same odds as 185000 enemy combatants lay in wait at the very gates to the city, just awaiting the word to destroy the city.

Here is the "rest of the story!" 2 Kings 19: 32 "...thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there...he...shall not come into this city, saith the LORD. For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake. And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh."

Now let's take a look at the Divine Strategies that Hezekiah employed to assure the complete and total Victory of the Lord in the face of insurmountable odds.

1) Obey God; live righteous; trust Him & get rid of anything in your life that comes before relationship with Him! 2 Kings 18: 1-5 "...Hezekiah...began to reign. And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD...He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves,(Got rid of all the idols)and...He trusted in the LORD God of Israel."
The same New Testament Promise is found in Matthew 6:33! For further study on this Strategy, go back and review the recent posting on "When Kings Live Well!"

2) Shut your mouth and discover the TRUTH.
2 Kings 18:36 "...the people were silent and did not answer..." There is power in the words we speak. Proverbs 15:4 "A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit." Proverbs 18:21 " Death and life are in the power of the tongue." A weed seed is planted in your heart when you begin to speak out what you believe whenever it is not in agreement with the Word of God. Romans 10:10 "For with the heart man believes ...and with the mouth confession is made..."

I am not saying to deny the facts. Just don't get your mouth and heart in agreement with the facts. Let your heart and mouth line up with the TRUTH. TRUTH ALWAYS TRIUMPHS OVER FACT. 2Corinthians 2:14 Now thanks be unto God, which always causes us to triumph in Christ..." Jesus "Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses." Matthew 8:17 THAT'S THE TRUTH!

You may laugh at that faith stuff; that's okay! They laughed at Jesus too! When the rulers daughter had died, He spoke these words in Matthew 9:24. "He said to them, Get out: for the maid is not dead, but sleeping. And they laughed him to scorn." Verse 25 seals the final deal and lends credence to this Strategy! "But when the people were put out, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose." Also check out Romans 4:17.


3) Get into the Presence of God.
2 Kings 19:1 "When Hezekiah heard their report, he...went into the Temple of the Lord to pray..." You are a child of the Most High God and because of Jesus, you are in Covenant with God. You can "...come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need." Hebrews 4:16 Because of what Jesus has done for us "we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear..." Hebrews 13:6

When we walk in loving obedience to God and uphold our part of the Covenant, we position ourselves to receive of all that He offers us as we stand "in Christ," including His Healing virtue. These we receive by faith or childlike belief that God is able and willing to keep His Promises.

4) Know this: The Issue is Not Your sickness, disease, situation or whatever your Sennacherib might be; it is Gods Name, His Glory and the reproach your Sennacherib has brought against Him personally! The issue was never about us. Its all about Jesus; Who He is; What He's done and where He's seated today!

Read the following exerts from Hezekiah's prayer that brought Him total Victory!
1 Kings 19...
16..." Incline Your ear, O Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God.
19..."Now therefore, O Lord our God, I pray, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You are the Lord God, You alone.”

Listen to the Lord's response as He addresses Sennacherib. (This is exactly the way He feels concerning your own impossible situation or your personal Sennacherib.)
God says in verse 22 & 23 the following... Your Sennacherib has reproached and blasphemed Him, the Holy One of Israel.

Make these Scriptures personal. he feels the same way about you individually and personally as He does about Israel. Anything or anybody who attacks you is a personal attack and affront against HIM! He says in verse 28 that the rage of your Sennacherib is directed against Himself, and He has heard the voice of your situation in His own ears. His response is found in verse 28. "...I will put my hook in your (Your Sennacherib, sickness, disease, situation, relationship, finances) nose and my bridle in your lips, And I will turn you back by the way which you came.

In verse 34 He adds..."I will defend this city (You and the attack of Sennacherib against you), to save it, for my own sake.

In response to Hezekiah's prayer this is what happened and if you'll follow the same Divine Strategy, you will have the same result on your own attack!

"That night the angel of the LORD went out to the Assyrian camp and killed 185,000 Assyrian troops. When the surviving Assyrians woke up the next morning, they found corpses everywhere. Then King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and returned to his own land." 2 Kings 19:33-34.


I know, this has been lengthy, but this is some heavy stuff here. You need to read and re-read this over and over again until revelation breaks through. I'll be reading it with you! Pass it on to someone who needs a touch from the Living God!