Friday – Prophets

Reading – Isaiah 37-39

Highlight Verse:

“After Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it, he went up to the Lord’s Temple and spread it out before the Lord.”
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭37‬:‭14‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Yes, I know this is a bit of history practically cut and pasted into Isaiah. Maybe I should have focused on the words of Isaiah but I couldn’t resist Hezekiah’s actions here.

Hezekiah had just been reassured by Isaiah when he got this threatening letter from his enemy.

Maybe he should have just burned it and ignored it’s message, but he was disturbed by it. He needed some reassurance.

So he brought it to the Lord and spread it out before Him.

I’ll let you read God’s reply to him.

Suffice it to say that Hezekiah set a good example for us.

When we face discouragement, we should bring it straight to God.

Then we might get a taste of the words of Big Tent Revival when they sang “Take the biggest thing that’s got you down, stand it up right next to God. Anyone can see who’s bigger now, It don’t take no astronaut.” (Jesus is Your Friend – copyright 1995, Big Tent Revival)

What discouraging situations have you brought to God?
How did He answer your cries for help?