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Second Kings chapter 18, verses 5 through 7. He trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel,

so that there was none like him among all the kings of Judah after him, nor among those who

were before him, for he held fast to the

Lord. He did not depart from following him, but kept the commandments that the Lord commanded Moses,

and the Lord was with him. Wherever he went out, he prospered. This is the way Second Kings describes Hezekiah, and these verses are like light in

the middle of darkness. There are so many descriptions of kings, all the northern kings in Israel,

and so many of the southern kings in Judah who are described with the exact opposite

language. They did evil in the side of the Lord. They did more evil than all those who were

before them. And here is Hezekiah. Comes on the scene and listen to this description. He

trusted in the Lord. He held fast to the

Lord. And as I read that, I think that's it. That was the key to success for a king and the key to

success for the people of God for the king to do one thing, to trust the Lord,

to hold fast to the Lord.

And that's why.

Verse 7 says, he prospered and the people of God prospered because he and they were trusting

the Lord.

And I just want to encourage you with this word today.

And part of this out of the overflow of, well, honestly, without going into details, repentance

in my own heart, I'll just confess that I, in time with the Lord recently just needed to repent for a lack of trust,

a lack of faith, a lack of trust that God could do something in particular or would do something in particular and really

ultimately just a lack of trust and who God is and his power and his wisdom and his love and I just

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