Ahaz got that awkward question in the gospel today.
Invited to test God he had refused.
But I couldn’t help thinking he’d given the correct answer. After all, we are not supposed to test God.
Then I discovered it was the wrong answer. On this occasion God did want to be tested.
Well, I would have been a mess. All you can do in these moments is fall to your knees.
I hope Ahaz was okay with all this. Although he was not the most pleasant King, so perhaps deserved the lesson. However confusing it might have been.