Week of October 16, 2020
Today's Read Time:  3 minutes, 29 seconds
“The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.” – Proverbs 28:1

Week of Monday, October 12 – Saturday, October 17
The Great Defender - Man as a Defender

“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or dismayed before the king of Assyria and all the horde that is with him, for there are more with us than with him. With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God, to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people took confidence from the words of Hezekiah king of Judah. —2 Chronicles 32:7-8 (ESV)

Hezekiah became king of Judah at the young age of 25 and reigned for 29 years. The Bible says of Hezekiah: “he did what was right in the eyes of the Lord” (29:2). Yet growing up, he had a poor role model. His wicked father, King Ahaz, worshiped idols, built their altars, introduced pornographic objects of pagan worship into the Temple of God, and even burned his own son alive as an offering to the god Molech (2 Kings 16:3).