Trust in God Alone | Isaiah 36–37 | April 19, 2026

Why do you spend time there? People say, why do you wake up early and read your bible? God's not gonna help you. There's people who say, does that faith thing really help you? Has it really made you a different person? I know who you really are. We're always gonna have voices coming at us. There's always gonna be a bully in our life, and I invite you today to find strength in God. God will never abandon you. He will always come alongside you. It might not happen in your timing, but God will always be there. [01:14:34] (33 seconds)  #findStrengthInGod

And the last thing, you ask God to deliver you from the problem. When you do that, you're saying, God, I'm not asking money to save me. God, I'm not asking this to be my god. You say, I'm gonna trust in you. You say, I'm not gonna check out on my faith. I'm not gonna run to the bottle again. I'm not gonna try to sedate myself with drugs. I'm not gonna try to fix myself with online shopping or whatever it may be that will give me a little bit of a high. But you say, god, I'm gonna rely on you. [01:08:31] (31 seconds)  #relyOnGodNotVices

And he says, I know I can bring this broken state to him. Listen to what happens in in chapter 37 verse 14. Hezekiah received the message. The excuse me. He received the letter from the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the temple of the Lord and spread it out before the Lord. He immediately brings this letter to the temple. He doesn't go put on social media and say, hey, pray for me. He doesn't call a press conference. He doesn't do any of that. He says, man, things are dire. Man, things are scary. [00:59:54] (35 seconds)  #bringItToGodFirst

And here's the thing that we learn from these chapters. If taking notes, write this down. When my future feels uncertain, run to God. This is what we do. If you got your phone, pull it out. Take a picture of this. When my future feels uncertain, run to God. That's something that you and I can cling to. We choose to wait patiently on the Lord. We choose to let God grow our faith journey. We choose to draw near to him. When crisis comes our way, we run to God. [01:09:02] (29 seconds)  #runToGodNow

And he says, I know I can bring this broken state to him. Listen to what happens in in chapter 37 verse 14. Hezekiah received the message. The excuse me. He received the letter from the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the temple of the Lord and spread it out before the Lord. He immediately brings this letter to the temple. He doesn't go put on social media and say, hey, pray for me. He doesn't call a press conference. He doesn't do any of that. [00:59:54] (29 seconds)  #privatePrayerOverPublicity

Isaiah is close with God. And so when Hezekiah sends this delegation, Isaiah is like, I'm ready. He says, I'm ready for you. And God's word tells us that Isaiah has a threefold message for the king's people. It was this. Here's the three things he says. He says, don't be afraid, don't believe the lies, and this threat won't last. All of this happened. At the end of chapter 37, you and I are gonna see all three of these things come true. [00:52:52] (28 seconds)  #dontFearTrustGod

And so Hezekiah first gets this rough report, and then Isaiah says, hey. It's okay. Don't worry. You're gonna be safe. But the king of Assyria says, I'm not backing down. And that's what bullies do. They don't back down. They double down. And sometimes, our only response, the only thing that you and I can do is cry out to God. And so Hezekiah is given this second letter, and what he does is he takes that letter and he runs to the temple of God. [00:58:38] (25 seconds)  #cryOutToGod

And then we walk away. And and I'm not saying it's bad to have short times of prayer. I think God would rather us talk with him than not. But for what we're looking at today, Hezekiah gives you and I a model. And he says, the first thing that you come and pray before you ask anything, before you make any simple request, before you ask God to move for you, before you ask God anything, he says, will you just praise God? Will you recognize God's greatness? Stand in awe of him. Remember that he is creator. Remember that he is the God above everything. [01:06:29] (36 seconds)  #startWithPraise