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Written by Destiny Devalier
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When we are suffering with any situation and we feel there is nothing we can do, pray! Pray to our Lord and tell Him what you want Him to do in your life. Sometimes it is best to let Him decide how the situation is to be handled. Hezekiah was a king and when he was told he was going to die, he prayed. His prayer was answered within minutes.
In 2005, a very good friend of mine received bad news from her doctor. She was told that she had cancer of the liver, and there was almost nothing that could be done to stop the disease from spreading.
She quit her job and decided to take the time needed to see specialist. One of the specialists has been able to stop the spread of the cancer, but she still has not been told she has been cured.
I thought she was not a Christian. I never heard her pray. Never saw her read the Bible and we never talked about the Lord. She and her husband never went to church. Each Sunday morning, they would go out to breakfast. Later, they either spent the remainder of the day relaxing, shopping or taking long drives.
After she was informed of her illness, I began to receive enormous amounts of religious emails. Beautiful is just a minimal description of most of the emails. Some made me want to fall down on my knees in prayer. I was overcome with the spirit just by reading the first words of these emails.b
Some of the emails would be a reminder of God's goodness. Sometimes reminding the reader of His love and healing power. Others would be those reminding us that He has all power, but sometimes it is simply not His will to heal us.
My friends dilemma and some of the emails reminded me of the prayer of Hezekiah. Hezekiah was the thirteenth king of Judah. His followers described him as being a great king. Hezekiah reigned from 715 BC through 687 BC. He was the great grandson of King Uzziah.
According to the book of 2nd Kings Chapter 20:1-5 Hezekiah received a message from the prophet Isaiah. Isaiah came to Hezekiah and told him that he needed to get his house in order. Isaiah explained to Hezekiah that his time to leave earth had come. Isaiah said according to the Lord, Hezekiah was going to die.
Hezekiah began to cry. He cried heavily. He then began to pray. Hezekiah asked God why did he have to die. He reminded God of his obedience. He reminded God that he had been a good man and had been in some cases better than most. He told God that he had walked a straight and narrow path, he had been good and he did everything he could to be obedient to God's will.
Then Hezekiah continued to cry. He cried so hard until he almost became ill from crying. Hezekiah asked God why did he have to die?
Sometimes it is good to remind God of those things you have done that are within His will. It is not that God has forgotten, because God knows everything, but our Father likes to know that you know what He requires of us. He likes for us to remind Him of His word and what we are doing to walk in His will and how we are being obedient to His will.
God heard Hezekiah's cry. He heard his anguish and He heard his reminder. He spoke to Isaiah before Isaiah left the court of Hezekiah. He told Isaiah to go back and tell Hezekiah that He had heard his prayer and He had seen Hezekiah's tears. He told Hezekiah that He would heal him of his sickness.
And then God told Hezekiah He would add fifteen years to his life.
When we are obedient. When we live our lives in honor and to glorify the Lord God all mighty, we establish an account. An account we can draw from when we need.
Hezekiah had lived the life of a good man. He had done the Lord's will and when he was in need, he was able to draw from his account.
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