What confidence?

Then the Rabshakeh said to them, “Say now to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: “What confidence is this in which you trust? You speak of having plans and power for war; but they are mere words. And in whom do you trust, that you rebel against me? Now look! You are trusting in the staff of this broken reed, Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand and pierce it.
2 Kings 18:19-21 (NKJV)

Now the nation of Israel had been waylaid and boxed to a corner. The King of Assyria held them hostage and requested a ransom from the nation. King Hezekiah paid this stripping himself and the nation of valuable treasures even from the Lord's temple (2 Kings 18:14-16) in the process. But the adversary comes to steal, kill and destroy. As if that wasn't enough, the Assyrian king intended to run over and take Jerusalem captive. Like in modern warfare, he embarked on a comprehensive propaganda campaign to frighten and terrify King Hezekiah and its territory to submission.

Has any of the gods of the nations at all delivered its land from the hand of the king of Assyria? Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim and Hena and Ivah? Indeed, have they delivered Samaria from my hand? Who among all the gods of the lands have delivered their countries from my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?
2 Kings 18:33-35 (NKJV)

Even when the odds and numbers may not line up in your favor. The stats and polls may be at their lowest numbers, but they that trust in the Lord shall be like mount Zion that cannot be moved. When you know and are conscious of the One in whom you trust, then you can have peace and confidence that makes no sense to most.

Be encouraged,

Afolabi