WRONG OPENING
Isaiah 39

Do you have an idea of the kind of door that has been open on your behalf by your parents, grandparents or great grandparents, or have you just been opening any door that is not right for your children or grandchildren? Hezekiah, King of Judah, was sick to the point of death before the prophet Isaiah showed up as a divine intervention, “In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, went to him and said to him, “Thus says the LORD: ‘Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.’”(Isaiah 38:1) Hezekiah needed to hear, that disorder in his house was the cause for his terminal illness. With the word of deliverance that located him, he quickly sought out the Lord’s face, and God responded on his behalf with healing. God added fifteen more years to Hezekiah’s life and also promised him, and his city, deliverance from the hand of the King of Assyria. What else could be better than God giving deliverance and preservation? Have you experienced God’s move lately? Are you experiencing any kind of God’s deliverance at the present? It is good to celebrate God’s miracles in a way that will not open the door for the adversary to operate against us. Hezekiah’s healing called for the attention of Merodach-Baladan, King of Babylon, to congratulate him. In response, Hezekiah was pleased by the King of Babylon and decided to opened up his house for the king of Babylon, “…And showed them the house of his treasures—the silver and gold, the spices and precious ointment, and all his armory—all that was found among his treasures. There was nothing in his house or in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.” (Isaiah 39:2) By doing this, Hezekiah exposed himself, and his generation, to the enemy’s hand. Think of how you celebrate, so it will not operate against you. Hezekiah’s opening show called for God’s response, “Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the LORD of hosts: 6 ‘Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house, and what your fathers have accumulated until this day, shall be carried to Babylon; nothing shall be left,’ says the LORD. 7 ‘And they shall take away some of your sons who will descend from you, whom you will beget; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’” (Isaiah 39:5-7) As the Lord said, those that were in Hezekiah’s father’s house were gone as well as some of his sons because he had opened a door for his enemy to parade through like friend. As a child of the most high God, your only ground of celebration is before the most high God and not before any man. Go before Him, and ask for His mercy and deliverance in any area that your parent or grandparent might have opened a door for the enemy’s operation in your life. Also pray that you will not have any door of destruction opened up to affect your children and grandchildren.