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Isaiah chapter 37 verse 20

So now, O Lord, our God, save us from His hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that

you alone are the Lord.

In a previous episode we talked about the context here where the Assyrians were surrounding

the city of Jerusalem and threatening to invade and overtake them.

So now in Chapter 37, the King of Judah Hezekiah is praying to God and he's saying,

now, O Lord, our God, save us from his hand,

the hand of the King of Assyria, save us.

But this is where I want you to think about

the purpose of that salvation, because right after that he says God save us

save us help us but it's not just save us period it save us comma so that so there's

a so that so it's it's more than this prayer is more than just about save us save me save me for a purpose so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the Lord.

So when God saves his people, there's even more to it. It's not just about the salvation of his people, which is obviously

glorious, but there's something even greater so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the Lord.

God saves for the sake of his name, his glory being made known among all the kingdoms of the earth.

Hezekiah wants the glory of God to be made known among the Assyrians.

So he says, save us that your glory made known through

through your salvation of us among them.

And this is a picture we see all throughout the Bible,

over and over and over again we see that

God's ultimate motive in all that he does and what should drive our praying is

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