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Second Chronicles, chapter 28, verse 22.

In the time of his distress, he became yet more faithless to the Lord, this same King Ahaz.

Wow, what a commentary on King Ahaz's life in the time of his distress, like when things were not going

well, when the nation of Judah was struggling, King Ahaz became yet more faithless to the Lord.

And you read his story not just faithless, but idolatrous and immoral.

And when I read this verse, I think, God help me in times of distress to be faithful, like more faithful, like more

full of faith.

If we're not careful in each one of our lives, when we go through challenges and difficulties,

there is an adversary who wants to make us think that God is not good, that God is not powerful,

that God is not wise, that God is not listening to your prayers, that God is not going to

answer your prayers. There's so many different ways

that the adversary attacks faith in times of distress. And I just want to encourage you,

even as I'm encouraged by this text this morning, in the middle of distress, may we be all the more faithful.

These are the moments we need more faith, not less faith.

More trust in the faithfulness of God, more trust in the goodness of God, more trust

in the power of God, and the wisdom of God, and the reality that

we know, God hears and answers our prayers according to his good wisdom and his good ways,

that he is working all things together for our good, the good of those who love him and

have been called according to his purpose. I don't know what kind of distress you might have experienced over the last year or you might

be going through right now, but can we just pray, God, help us to become yet more faithful

in times of distress?

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