2 Kings 18:3 He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father David had done. He removed the high places, smashed the sacred stones and cut down the Asherah poles. He broke into pieces the bronze snake Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been burning incense to it. (It was called Nehushtan.)

After Israel and Judah went through a large number of kings that were sometimes good and sometimes bad, Hezekiah became king of Judah. Previously even the good kings had failed to remove many of the objects of iniquity. However, Hezekiah went beyond what those kings had done.

Hezekiah even smashed the bronze snake that Moses had made. I find this very interesting for a few reasons. Even though it had been forged for a godly reason, it was elevated to a place to which it did not belong.

I think that sometimes I have been guilty of that in my own life.  Something was good and even godly and I let it take a place it shouldn’t have held.  Perhaps I am not alone. Have you ever allowed work to be elevated to a place it shouldn’t? Has worldly success become more important than spiritual salvation? Have family, friends, or other loved ones been held in such regard that their opinions are more important than God’s?