RTW July 22

I’m Not To Proud To Beg

I will add fifteen years to your life, and will rescue you and this city from the king of Assyria.
2 Kings 20:6a

 

 

My Takeaways

Something Old

Hezekiah did exactly what most of us would do or perhaps have done in this situation: prayed and wept. He reminded God of his faithful service and whole-hearted devotion. He begs for more time. Yes, this is exactly what I would do and have done.

  • Let yourself feel the emotion of the moment
  • Seek counsel-wise counsel-notice who Hezekiah went to
  • Ask for prayer-notice who Hezekiah asked to pray
  • Pray some more-bend down-spread it out before the Lord

Something New

 

Something to Do

 

 

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6 Comments

  1. Wendy,
    Thank you for sharing your story. Yes, God changed his mind with king Hezekiah. We have seen throughout scripture that he can change his mind when we turn to him in prayer.
    Abraham prayed and God saved Lot when he destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.
    Job prayed and God blessed him with twice as much as he had before!
    God restored the Israelites numerous times on their journey when they returned to him and prayed.
    He changed his mind about Jonah and ordered the fish to spit him out.
    He changed his mind about Nineveh.
    And I believe God has changed his mind about me…. he has restored me and delivered me from a sadness deep within, depression since my childhood and anger and bitterness about my failed marriage. I have prayed cried and am praying and now I am patiently “wait and see.”

    1. What a beautiful testimony, Franshesca!!
      Praise God for His restoration. He has a plan for your life dear, and just trust Him to work it out in His time. (that’s the hard part:))
      As God is working, never doubt that the devil will try and discourage you.
      A scripture that has brought much peace to me is:
      Psalms 46:10…Be still and know that I am God.
      I’ve learned I can’t always be rushing around and expect God to speak to me…..I’ve spent time just “being still” and allowing Him to come to me, which has given me strength, peace and joy!
      So in moments I get discouraged…I simply whisper to myself…”I Trust You Jesus”, and my thoughts change from discouragement to victory I can have through Him!!
      Blessings to you.
      Carolyn

      1. Thank you Carolyn, I have learned so much about the Sovereign God we serve through RTW this year and just being faithful in my quiet time. I am amazed at all he has revealed to me and will continue if I just keep my mind focused on Him. Be blessed and again thank you for going through this journey with me and everyone else and for taking the time to speak to me. Enjoy your weekend?

  2. Wendy I was deeply touched by your story and also by the comments above!!! It is really pointing out to me how important it is to stay in close touch and communication in complete trust with God… thank you!!!

  3. Wendy,
    Thank you ! What a powerful testimony of your mother trying to grab on to a miracle…God hears our prayers. Its a reminder to me even when I know God knows the end story of my prayer concerns it pleases and honors him when we pray and weep and beg God to redeem a situation that seems hopeless to us. I am begging God now to bring back our oldest grandson Alex to Him, for God to miraculously open Alex’s eyes to truth, to know that He is loved and that God can heal him.

  4. My Takeaways: Thankful/Unthankful

    Something Old: Hezekiah again turns to God in prayer and God responses favorably by adding 15 more years to his life. In response to this gracious provision of extended life, Hezekiah recorded his poem of praise for that answer to prayer. When God restores and answers my prayers; public praise is always due. By God’s love and grace I have been given new life in Christ—salvation. So my whole life, all the time I should be praising God in public. After all, He redeemed me that I might be a trophy of His grace in this world.

    Something New: As “righteous” as Hezekiah was and as many posi- tive things that he accomplished for the Lord, he was still a man with struggles and one of his struggles appears to have been pride (2 Chronicles 32:24-26). Hezekiah’s experiences made him think to highly of himself. When the Babylonian king’s son
    hears about Hezekiah’s healing he comes to visit Hezekiah, and Hezekiah “showed them all the house of his treasures” (2 Kings 20:13). Confronted by Isaiah for his prideful foolishness, he does not repent but rejoices that he, at least, will not experience captivity by the Babylonians. He showed little interest or wisdom in planning for the future and protecting for others the spirtual hertitage that he ejoyed. That was not good. I must always remember when God helps me, he needs to receive the glory. Rather than reflect glory to God for His favor, Hezekiah boasted of all his treasures and successes. That which was “really in his heart” was not humility or gratefulness to God but a hunger for the attention and affirmation of others. Ungrateful people don’t care that others suffer as a result of their actions. In poor health Hezekiah’s sought the Lord with all his heart; but, in great wealth, he abandoned the Lord and put confidence in his own abilities. It only takes a moment for the heart to turn from thankfulness to unthankfulness—from God, to self. I must never forget Gods wonderful blessings and miracles in my life. My heart should always reveal a heart of thankfulness.

    Something To Do: Don’t try to impress people with my worldly wealth and stuff, like Hezekiah was trying to impress the Babylonians. Rely on God, not worldly stuff. Publically praise God for all his blessings and great things that He has done! Always have a heart of thankfulness.

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