a piece of humble pie

Sometimes we become so engrossed in our own life that we forget God. We forget God and we never thank Him for anything. Then we are sent a curve-ball in life and we have the gall to ask God, "Why?" and get mad at Him.

Through this passage we are reminded of the mistakes of men from the Old Testament not to take God's presence in our lives for granted. Sennacherib, the King of Assyria, was disturbing the peace of what God created, what he called his own. The mortal king attempted to play god, he boasted of his own achievements and said that he would bring Jerusalem deliverance.

He did now know of God's power of all the universe, that created it in 7 days. He dared to defy God and did not know of the consequences. He is then going to be hooked on the nose and dragged back to where he came from. Sounds painful.

Even though we have good times or great times in our lives, without God our lives can make a total 180 degree turn and we can become miserable. Due to our pride, our arrogance, our independence, we are in the line of fire of things that can smash our egos. We need to constantly remember it is by God that we have life, through Grace that we are saved and though God's love that we can have love - not by our own.