And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD – II Kings 19:14
REFERENCE
II Kings 19:8-20, 32-37
(Continued from yesterday…)
The first thing Hezekiah did when he received the letter of threat from the Rabshakeh, was to spread it before the Lord. There are certain letters (medical report, termination letters, eviction notices, etc.), that you must not respond to in the flesh, but must take to the Lord.
When certain issues look foreboding, become a mountain, or they begin to threaten and instill fear, thoughtless and fearful response should not be rashly given to them. They must ‘first’ be presented to the Lord in prayers; let His verdict be your verdict.
Secondly, Hezekiah admitted before the Lord the might and conquest of the Assyrians, he did not just ‘cover up’ the facts before the Lord, as many of our insincere prayers do. Faith in God does not deny the facts, but it does exalt and elevate God and His word above the facts.
Prayer must put God and the issues confronting us in the proper perspective, the problem as diminutives, and God as Omnipotent and All Capable. Never allow the facts of your situation to disembowel you; our God is bigger and well able, and through our God, we shall do valiantly…
Finally, King Hezekiah’s prayer seeks the glory of God in its answer. It seeks that God wil be exalted and magnified amongst the nations, and that He will come to be known, revered and perhaps proselyted to.
One ingredient, among others , that will assure answered prayer, is that the answer to the prayer will make God and not self, happy and honored. It must be such that when the answers come, people will say, “This is the finger of God, may His name be praised.”
The components of this prayer was the game changer for Hezekiah and the Israelites in that dicey situation. Can you take a cue from it?
ADDITIONAL STUDY
Psalm 108:12-13, Zechariah 4:7a & Psalm 34:1-6
PRAYER
+ Sincerely pray with faith in your heart for God’s intervention to turn around that negative report that is confronting you; ask that His hand of mercy will deliver you, so that all who hear of it will give glory to His name.
+ If you have the actual document of negative report (medical, career, financial, etc), literally present them before God in prayers.
6 Comments
Elizabeth Aginieyi Tyongi
October 20, 2017, at 4:41 amThank you lord for your word that is yes and amen. As I live in obedience soon the glory of God will be made manifest in my life in Jesus name amen
Dave A. Voice
October 20, 2017, at 4:59 amLord, I take solace in Psalm 108:12, “Give us help O Lord, for vain is the help of man.” I’m at a point where I need your intervention, and I look to you O Lord, in Jesus name. I receive supernatural deliverance, as you did for King Hezekiah, in Jesus name.
Debbie Adache
October 20, 2017, at 6:15 amDear lord, I look up to you in accordance to your word in psalms 34:4-6, let my face not be bowed in shame, save me from all my troubles lord in Jesus’ Name. Amen
Emeka Fred-Hilary Kanebi
October 20, 2017, at 6:45 amOur first point of call in difficult situations is what makes the difference between victory and defeat.
Do I run to man/talent/financial institutions/horoscopes or do I run to God?
#runtoGod #firstcallGod
Mark Sylvester
October 20, 2017, at 6:52 amMay the name of the Lord forever be praised and exalted high above all my difficulties
Josephine Gideon
October 20, 2017, at 9:00 amEvery prayer answered is Giving God Honor… Father I lay all trials and tribulations on your altar, I’m not afraid of the facts of the situation because you oh Lord are Bigger than the facts… Do what only you can do.