2 Kings 19-21; Psalm 98
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Hezekiah’s Prayer ~
I love what we can learn from Hezekiah’s prayer in 2 Kings
19. He had just received a letter
with bad news – a threat against his kingdom and an insult against his
God. It says he took the letter to
the temple of the Lord and spread it out before the Lord.
~No matter what we’re handed, lay it all
out before the Lord. It should be
the first place we go.
Even though Hezekiah was probably scared and confused, he prays,
“You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth.”
~Begin with praise, acknowledging God as
the one in control; the one we trust even when things surrounding us don’t make
sense.
Hezekiah knows that God hears and sees all, yet he prays, “Give
ear, O Lord, and hear; open your eyes, O Lord, and see.”
~Ask God to take action. The amazing thing about prayer – God
wants us to ask! He can make anything
happen whenever He wants, but He wants us to seek Him out, to depend on Him to
see our needs and take action.
“O Lord our God, deliver us, so that all kingdoms on earth may
know that you alone, O Lord, are God.”
Hezekiah is concerned for himself and his kingdom so he prays for
deliverance, but he also prays for God to receive the fame and glory so that
all would know He was God.
~I know that most of the time my prayers
are too selfish. My problems, my
desires, my sins and issues I need help overcoming…and, of course God cares
about those things…but do I pray the same way for my city, for the Church, for
our country, for the nations?
Am I just wanting a fix to a problem, or am I wanting God to be
glorified so that all will know that He alone is God?
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