"IF GOD IS FOR US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US?" Hezekiah was being threatened but God was with him. The enemy boasts, but his power is bounded, and his pride precedes his fall. Often when we are distressed, and tried by a sense of sin and unworthiness, unbelief and Satan join forces, and pointing to our apparent unworthiness, assail us thus: "And shalt thou be delivered?" Yes, Satan, we shall surely be delivered! The God of Hezekiah is our God, and He hath said, "I will deliver thee in six troubles, and in seven I will not forsake thee." We believe His word, we rely on His faithfulness, we plead at His throne; and so sure as He can deliver, He will. He hath often done so in times past; He doth deliver all His praying people now, and we trust that He will yet deliver us. Not on account of anything in us, or of anything done by us, but because He hath said, "I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honour him; I will set him on high, because he hath known my name." He is faithful, His word cannot fail, nor should our faith be shaken. Deliverance is certain, for God hath spoken, and God is true and faithful.

For Meditation:
His power unchanged, His love the same,
Unmoved the promise shines;
Eternal truth surrounds His name,
And guards the precious lines.