'The Peace of God .. . Surpasses All Understanding' - EXAMPLES OF JEHOVAH DOING THE UNEXPECTED

As we search the Scriptures, time and again we find examples of Jehovah doing the unexpected.  King Hezekiah lived at at time when King Sennacherib of Assyria invaded Judah and captured all the fortified cities, with the exception of Jerusalem.  (2 Kings 18:1-3, 13)  Then, Sennacherib turned his attention to Jerusalem.  What did King Hezekiah do when faced with this imminent threat?  he approached Jehovah in prayer and turned to Jehovah's prophet Isaiah for advice.  (2 Kings 19:5, 15-20)  Hezekiah also tried to show his reasonableness by paying the fine that Sennacherib imposed on him. (2 Kings 18:14, 15) In time,  Hezekiah made preparations for a long siege. (2 Chronicles 32:2-4)  But how  was the situation resolved?  Jehovah sent an angel to destroy 185,000- if Sennacherib's soldiers in one night.  Truly, not even Hezekiah expected that to happen! - 2 Kings 19:35. 

Consider the young man Joseph, a son of Jacob. While in a prison hole in Egypt, did Joseph have any idea that he would be appointed to the second-highest position in the land or that he would be used by Jehovah to save his family from starvation?  (Genesis 40:15, 41:39-43; 50:20)  No doubt Jehovah's actions exceeded all of Jehovah's expectations.  Think, too, about Joseph's great-grandmother Sarah.  Did aged Sarah expect that Jehovah would allow her to give birth to her own son, not just receive as son the child produced by her servant girl?  The birth of Isaac certainly exceeded all that Sarah could ever have imagined. -Genesis 21:1-3, 6, 7.

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