Visit Branson, Missouri, sometime. It is in the scenic Ozarks, one of the most beautiful areas in North America.
Branson is a place of penultimate delights. We can see, do, hear, and experience the thrill of a lifetime in that iconic vacation spot. From musical extravaganzas, to boarding the Titanic with water breaking across her prow, to an elevated racetrack filled with high-powered midget machines, there is no lack of choices to entertain the visitor.
We can even catch a choreographed water and light show, complete with flames, that dances to throbbing music, right at the river’s edge.
To hawk these attractions, there is yet another type of attraction all along Missouri’s roads.
Billboards.
Yes, go to Branson, and a hundred miles before we reach that charming and invigorating city, we will find the highways lined with swaths of displays to advertise each and every event that Branson has to offer.
We cannot miss them. Nothing is hidden in Branson.
In 2 Kings 19:23-24, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, has his secret thoughts raised up for all to see. Isaiah slashes them across a billboard so they are hidden no longer.
In this passage, Isaiah recounts how Sennacherib claimed his glory over and above that of the Lord, even giving himself the power of a god. Sennacherib intended to decimate the people of God. He had thought this in secret, unaware that God had read his heart and would make it known before all men.
God stepped in and took control. Further down, Verse 34 hawks a new attraction. It raises a new billboard alongside Sennacherib’s highway. It proclaims to the world that God will defend his people, for his sake, and for the sake of his servant, David.
There is none who can come against our God. Even the secret thoughts of the interloper will be written for the world to see. Nothing will be hidden before the world, and God will lift his holy hand and smash him to dust as he stands.
The victory will be all God’s. He will post his battle plans on billboards for all the earth to know, and no one will be able to misinterpret his supremacy over sin and death.
When we stand by the Lord, he will stand by us, and he will proclaim our deliverance in the light of his blazing glory.
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