Hezekiah’s Prayer
14 Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the temple of the Lord and spread it out before the Lord. 15 And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord: 16 “Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, you alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. 17 Give ear, Lord, and hear; open your eyes, Lord, and see; listen to all the words Sennacherib has sent to ridicule the living God.
I just kept going today. Reading past the normal 1 or 2 chapters. I kept going until something hit me. And here it is.
This prayer speaks to me because of his obvious dependence on God. Not only in the spiritual aspect, but in the physical. I love the fact that he lays out the letter, for God to see and read. And then he has a conversation with him. I love the "real-ness" of that. He isn't having a silent conversation with God in his head......he isn't waiting until his alotted "prayer time." He just lays it out....like he is having a conversation with someone.
That's the connection I need to keep fostering.
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I saw you the chapters you read, so i strung them together as well. I think it was helpful to read it like that and have the all the context in my head versus one piece a day. I like your take and I'd say I don't really do that...how often do I really truly have a conversation with God? Certainly in times like I am right now with my Mom I am going to him for help. Unfortunately that is my pattern--when I can't do it myself then I go to him. Will I learn to just be in conversation with him at all times?
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