Thou hast made heaven and earth

Isa. {37:16} O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest
between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou
alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made
heaven and earth. {37:17} Incline thine ear, O LORD, and
hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the
words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the
living God. {37:18} Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria
have laid waste all the nations, and their countries, {37:19}
And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no
gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone:
therefore they have destroyed them. {37:20} Now therefore,
O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the
kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD,
even thou only


Long ago as wars took place, kings going from place to place to conquer lands they could claim as theirs, the men of God prayed to Him knowing He alone could hear and help. God alone reigned.

Today for the most part in our so called civilized and modern world we don't have people warring to gain kingdoms. It's almost unthinkable to imagine France warring with England trying to gain control of England to make it part of France's kingdom (country). I can't imagine it anyway. France is France and will always be France, England is England and will always be England. Today the focus is more on World Peace- while retaining individuality in established countries. Biblically the *ten toes* are the last kingdoms before Christ's kingdom. Dan. 2 - the stone that was cut without hands destroyed the prophectic statue that depicted the reigning rulership though time. From Babylon right on down to a time when the kingdoms were divided- never to be reunited under one kingdom.

Back in the days when King Hezekiah was being threatened destruction by the Assyrians he prayed-

O Lord of hosts
God of Israel
that dwellest between the cherubims
thou art the God
even thou alone
of all the kingdoms of earth
thou hast made heaven and earth
Incline thine ear, O Lord
and hear
Open thine eyes, O Lord
and see
and hear all the words of Sennacherib
which reproach the living God
Of a truth
Lord
the kings of Assyira
have laid waste all the nations and their countries
And have cast their gods into the fire
for they were no gods
but the work of men's hands
wood and stone
therefore they have destroyed them.
Now therefore,
O LORD
our God
save us from his hand
that all the kingdoms of the earth may know
that thou art the LORD,
even thou only.

There is no man trying to overthrow my country, my state, my county, my neighborhood, none. I don't live in fear of being taken captive, I don't live in fear of the enemy and his army heading my way threatening to destroy my land, my family, my friends. Maybe our government has that fear and because of that fear they have to keep up a great military presence so that the enemies of our country are kept at bay. We live in a world where we have enemies but because of all sides having the potential to destroy everything there can be no out and out war without the realization the world itself will be destroyed. Before we let another country take us captive we would do our best to destroy them first. They call it the former cold war- a war not truly being fought outside of the build up of arms in space and elsewhere to declare destruction on whomever might decide t fight. We still have that war going on even if people have outwardly called a truce and are trying to be friendly with one another.

Bottom line, I don't truly live in fear of being taken captive of war taking place and my country and its people taken over by another.

Yet, with that fear mostly gone and as long as the weaponery of the various countries remain somewhat equal in destructive possibilities, we still have a battle to fight, one that isn't visible.

Maybe we can take comfort in the fact we don't live in the days where we need a king to pray to God to destroy an enemy coming to kill us, but the invisible enemy is alive and well and he's destroying many and he doesn't sleep, he doesn't rest, he works relentlessly. You can scoff if you want, you can ignore him entirely, you can even claim he's not real and doesn't exist, but he doesn't care- you don't have to believe in him, he believes in you.

We've so many fictional tales out there- movies, shows, books, making him seem harmless- keeping him on a fictional level- and it fits in great with his warfare.

Very few are crying out to God to save them from this very real threat.

We need to cry out to God.

O Lord of hosts God of Israel that dwellest between the cherubims thou art the God even thou alone of all the kingdoms of earth thou hast made heaven and earth Incline thine ear, O Lord and hear Open thine eyes, O Lord and see

Lord!

Maker of heaven and earth!

See, hear!

We need You Lord! We need you!

See the corruption, hear the horrific words against You!

The earth groans with the overwhelming denial of You.

The entire earth reeks of corruption.

The cry of the few is loud and pleads for You to hear among the screaming and shouting of the evildoers that would drown out any word to You that might arise.

Lord! Please! Please! Our anguish is nothing compared to Your heartache over the betrayal of Your people. You've done all You could do to save us, and so many don't want to be saved. You would draw us to you and yet they run away fast as they can to look after their own lives, thinking that of themselves they can exist, thinking of themselves they can excel, thinking they can save themselves and have no need at all of being saved.

Lord! Hear us Lord! We would run to You! We know that You and You alone, the Maker of Heaven and Earth! You Lord can save us, You alone keep us alive! Only in You are we anything at all, only in You!

Please Lord! Save us! We would be Yours, totally Yours!

By Your will and Grace, by Your Mercy, by Your Love.

Amen.

“And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.”- 2 Peter 1:5-8