Jerusalem is under siege, the Assyrians waging a propaganda war against you. Hear the demand of the commander of the invaders:
The enemy is not talking directly to the common folk locked inside the walls. He is not negotiating; his language is of fear, compromise, surrender, avoidance, defeat.
It could be what you hear isn’t an invading army but accusations about your faith lifestyle. How do you answer challenges about who you trust? Are you trusting in nationality, politics, wealth, your wit and intelligence or is your trust in God? Do you hear voices challenging the security of your confidence? Has the object of your trust tested reliable or is it philosophical? The invader of your thoughts will not give you time to prepare resistance before raising pitfalls,
The invader reminds you others have failed and you will also. Who are you going to believe—the enemy seen or the God unseen? How firm is this trust in the God you claim will deliver you? Is your confidence rooted in the practice of your life or is it a mantra? Are you willing to let God deal with the enemy by God’s own means? You need to know the attacks will become more insistent, more demanding, more debilitating if you do not face them with God’s truth. Is your trust in the delivering God who has promised to be with you no matter the enemy?
The first attack against Hezekiah is verbal, threats of what could be. Isaiah encourages standing firm in confidence in the Lᴏʀᴅ. Be still and see the salvation of the Lᴏʀᴅ as you trust wholly and only in Him. The occupants of Jerusalem refused to answer the arguments of the enemy—they waited upon the Lᴏʀᴅ.
In whom do you place this trust of yours? Is he worthy of confidence? The Lᴏʀᴅ has repeatedly demonstrated His worthiness of your trust if you let Him be Lᴏʀᴅ. So be it.