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Second Kings, chapter 20, verses 16 through 19.

Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah,

hear the word of the Lord, behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house,

and that what your fathers have stored up till this day shall be carried to Babylon.

Nothing shall be left, says the Lord, and some of your own sons, who will come from you,

whom you will father shall be taken away, and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the

king of Babylon. Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah,

the word of the Lord that you have spoken is good. For he thought, why not,

if there will be peace and security in my days?

Do you catch what I just read, what just happened in second Kings, chapter 20?

Hezekiah, the king, just heard from Isaiah the prophet,

the word of God that said the Babylonians were going to come and take away the people of God into

exile and the torment and the misery that would come upon them, including torment and misery that

would come specifically upon his own sons. Your own sons, God says through Isaiah,

who will come from you shall be taken away, and Hezekiah responds by saying,

this word is good because he thinks there's going to be peace and security in my days.

Did you catch that? Hezekiah is so focused on himself that as long as he experiences peace

and security, he's fine. That's a good word. But even if that means other people, including

his own children and grandchildren, his own family, the people of God, they would experience

a lack of peace and a lack of security. And Hezekiah is fine with that. This is the

epitome of selfishness in life and in leadership. And yet I just want to encourage us to think

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