OUR FATHER WHO COUNSELS DISCRETION

Isaiah chapter 39 verse 4 says this;

The prophet asked, “What did they see in your palace?”

“They saw everything in my palace,” Hezekiah said. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.”

King Hezekiah had been sick for a while but had eventually convalensed and a prince from Babylon sent some envoys with letters and a gift over his recovery.

Reciprocating to what he thought was a kind gesture, Hezekiah took the Babylonian envoys on a tour of his palace, the treasure house, the storehouses and the armories of Israel.

Isaiah the prophet heard of the visitors and went to the king and asked him what the men had said and where they had come from.

Hezekiah replied that they had come from Babylon to which Isaiah asked, "What did they see in your palace?"

Hezekiah answered that the guests had seen everything in his palace as well as all the treasures.

Isaiah the prophet then delivered the bad news telling king Hezekiah that there was a day coming where everything he had shown the Babylonian envoys would be carried off to Babylon along with the people of Israel some of whom would be Hezekiah's own descendants.

This was the terrible eventuallity that resulted from king Hezekiah's disclosure of Israel's treasures and resources.

When entrusted with the hidden matters of a kingdom, we must diligently restrain ourselves so as not to reveal them to a rival or antagonist even if they seem well meaning.

Amen.