Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah and asked, “What did those men say, and where did they come from?” “From a distant land,” Hezekiah replied. “They came from Babylon.”
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.”
Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the LORD: The time will surely come when everything in your palace, and all that your fathers have stored up until this day, will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD. And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood, that will be born to you, will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.”
“The word of the LORD you have spoken is good,” Hezekiah replied. For he thought, “Will there not be peace and security in my lifetime?” 2 Kings 20:14-20

The prophet Isaiah was asking all the right questions and Hezekiah was giving him the right answers. It’s almost as though Hezekiah didn’t “get it.” What he had done by showing his foreign visitors all his treasures was open him and his kingdom up for defeat. Now the Babylonians had a solid economic reason to overthrow Hezekiah: his riches. His wealth and his family would be ripped from him but he would live a relatively peaceful and secure life. How sad and how selfish.

We live in interesting times, not at all unlike Hezekiah. Sadly, our leaders over the past thirty years have not had our best interests at heart when pursuing international agreements. Many are fearful that little by little we’ve compromised our sovereignty for a little peace and security. In reality we’ve lost liberties and have become slaves to those who own our debt (speaking now of the United States). The leaders have remained in office but peace and security are still quite elusive.

Pray for your nation’s leaders. Pray that they will do what is best for their constituents and not for what will get them elected the next term. Pray for integrity in your government.