Where we are heading (readings for Sunday 6th September):
Habakkuk
Psalm 37.1-9
2 Timothy 1.1-4
Luke 17.5-10
Readings for 3rd September
Psalm 37.1-9
2 Kings 18.1-6, 28-36
Revelation 2.8-11
Readings for today
Psalm 37.1-9
2 Kings 19.8-20, 35-37
Revelation 2.12-29
thought for today
we return to the story of sennacherib and Hezekiah that we dipped into in August. I read chapters 18 and 19 right through this morning and am wrestling how Hezekiah's trust or not relates the letters to the churches of asia minor in Revelation and then to our life today. It strikes me that though Chapter 18 begins with a statement of how much Hezekiah trusts God, when trouble( in the shape of an invading army) comes - his first response is to try to buy himself out of it. It is only when prompted by his wall commanders and Isaiah push him that Hezekiah finds he can trust God. The churches of asia minor needed a little reminder also, and maybe we do too.
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