Do not judge a book by its cover

Outward and early appearances can be deceiving. You have probably heard the saying, "don't judge a book by its cover" or "still water runs deep ". All alluding the possibility that it may not be what it seems. This verse seems to indicate that King Ahaz of Judah was good. But, the subsequent verses are very revealing.

2 Kings 16:2, Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and he did not do what was right in the sight of the Lord his God, as his father David had done.

This king worshiped many other things. He followed evil practices that were followed by other nations around him. He should have realized why he was being defeated by his enemies. He did not trust in God. He trusted in created things and man.

2 Kings 16:3-4, But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel; indeed he made his son pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord had cast out from before the children of Israel. And he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.

Father, my hope and trust is ONLY in you.