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Discipleship Focus: Character
- Character: Having the interior life that is necessary to support the work that God sets before a person. It is hearing from God and obeying. It is doing the right thing when nobody is looking.
Hezekiah’s
character is on full display in this chapter.
Hezekiah is told that he is going to die. He decides to repent, fully confessing his
humanity. He places his life in the
hands of God.
God
responds. God gives Hezekiah 15 more
years. Hezekiah proceeds to use the time
wisely in order to produce an heir so that the line of Judah could
continue. He makes copies of the Law so
that as the people are saved from Assyria God’s ways could be taught to those
Jews who were not dragged off into captivity.
Hezekiah makes the most of his time.
He shows character by responding when God gives him a second chance.
However,
I think there is an even bigger display of character than what we see in his
actions. If we look at the song that
Hezekiah composes, we hear that Hezekiah actually looks upon his illness with
joy. Hezekiah realizes that his illness –
even the pronouncement of his upcoming death – was for his benefit. Because he was told that he was going to die,
his life completely changed. How do we
know that Hezekiah is a man of character?
When faced with a life changing situation, rather than grumbling and
complaining Hezekiah allows his life to change and praises God for the
opportunity.
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