Doubts and obedience…
Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.
Heb.7.25
I like that word “uttermost”…maximum, extreme..outmost, supreme, ultimate…to me, it has promise that there is not limit…
It brought to mind Hezekiah and Isaiah in Isaiah 36-37…
The king of Assyria had come to take Judah, taking down to town after town until his army came to Jerusalem…
“ And the Rabshakeh said to them, “Say to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: On what do you rest this trust of yours? Do you think that mere words are strategy and power for war? In whom do you now trust, that you have rebelled against me? Behold, you are trusting in Egypt, that broken reed of a staff, which will pierce the hand of any man who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out in a loud voice in the language of Judah: “Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria! Thus says the king: ‘Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you. Do not let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord by saying, “The Lord will surely deliver us. This city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.” Do not listen to Hezekiah. For thus says the king of Assyria: Make your peace with me and come out to me. Then each one of you will eat of his own vine, and each one of his own fig tree, and each one of you will drink the water of his own cistern, until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
Beware lest Hezekiah mislead you by saying, “The Lord will deliver us.”
Has any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? Who among all the gods of these lands have delivered their lands out of my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?’”
Isa.36.4-6, 13-20
As soon as King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the Lord.
When the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah, Isaiah said to them, “Say to your master, ‘Thus says the Lord: Do not be afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which the young men of the king of Assyria have reviled me.
Isa.37.1, 5-6
I don’t know about anyone else, but I have times of doubting…when questions assail me, Satan’s darts ping around trying to cause doubts, cause uncertainty, cause unrest, cause confusion…just like the Assyrian king’s assistant was doing to the people of Jerusalem…
I loved Isaiah words…”do not be afraid because of the words you have heard”…
God has a plan…”He is able to save to the uttermost”…
Thank YOU….
Saved, saved…
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