2 Kings 20

So, Hezekiah find out he is dying and prays to God, asking Him to remember how faithful he was. So God gave him more time.
 At this time Babylon took notice of Judah, because they had defeated Assyria, who was in control of Babylon. So the son of the king of Babylon paid a visit to Hezekiah. Hezekiah was proud and enjoyed the attention. He brought the prince into his home and showed the prince all of his treasures. He wanted Babylon to see how rich Hezekiah had become. To show off his fortune. But this was not spiritual pride. This was worldly pride. He was not showing what he obtained through victory with the Lord’s help. He showed off his possessions, his trophies, his jewels, as if he took them by his own might. To any sane person keeping up with history could see that by allowing a foreign enemy to see all the possessions is showing them all the things they could potentially come back and steal or take by force.

Isaiah found out what was going on, the Lord informed Hezekiah that everything is his house would one day be carried off to Babylon because of these acts, including some of Hezekiah’s own descendants (one would be Daniel). Hezekiah was then smug enough to think that he would have peace and security because the Lord mentioned “one day” and “descendants” and it wouldn’t really affect Hezekiah because he would be long dead. He had turned into a very self-centered man after being given extra time to live.

Extra tome and age doesn’t always make people better. We hear often of “If I had a second chance...”. In this situation, Hezekiah has one and blew it. He could have accomplished so many things for his kingdom and it’s future. Instead, he allowed pride to steal that very future. If you think about it, each day we wake up, we are given a second chance. A second chance to make the wrongs of yesterday right. To forgive those who you hold grudges against. To ask forgiveness of those you have wronged. We are only given a short amount of time on this earth. We have no idea when today will be our last, when we run out of “second chances.” What are you going to do with your second chance today?