6/16/2011 6:39:48 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: Hezekiah the intercessor
Bible Reading
& Meditation Reference: 2Ki. 19:14-19; 2Chron. 32:20; Isa.
37:14-20
Message of the verses: “14
Then Hezekiah took the letter from the hand of the messengers and read
it, and he went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.
15 Hezekiah prayed before the LORD and
said, "O LORD, the God of Israel, who is enthroned above the cherubim, You
are the God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven
and earth. 16 "Incline Your ear, O
LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see; and listen to the words of
Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God. 17 "Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria
have devastated the nations and their lands 18
and have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but the
work of men’s hands, wood and stone. So they have destroyed them. 19 "Now, O LORD our God, I pray, deliver us from his hand that
all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.’”
“20 But King Hezekiah and Isaiah the prophet, the
son of Amoz, prayed about this and cried out to heaven.”
“14 Then Hezekiah took the letter from the hand
of the messengers and read it, and he went up to the house of the LORD and
spread it out before the LORD. 15
Hezekiah prayed to the LORD saying, 16
"O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, who is enthroned above the
cherubim, You are the God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You
have made heaven and earth. 17
"Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and
see; and listen to all the words of Sennacherib, who sent them to reproach the
living God. 18 "Truly, O LORD, the
kings of Assyria have devastated all the countries and their lands, 19 and have cast their gods into the fire, for
they were not gods but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone. So they have
destroyed them. 20 "Now, O LORD our
God, deliver us from his
hand that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, LORD, are
God.’”
I
have heard that when trouble comes your way that one should not go to the
phone, but go to the throne, the throne of God.
Hezekiah is seen in yesterday’s SD as a person who went to the prophet
of God, Isaiah, but in today’s SD he is seen as a prayer warrior. When I read through his prayer I realize that
he has been a man of prayer for some time by how he prays and what he does. He took the letter and laid it before the
Lord because this was a great way to focus in on the Lord knowing what he was
praying about was right before him and right before the Lord. Hezekiah knew that the Lord was enthroned
above the cherubim that is in heaven, and he knew that God was God of all ahead
of all the nations. He then speaks of
the creative power of the Lord who made heaven and earth. He then prays about
what Sennacherib has done as seen in the letter that he sent to the king,
knowing that this letter was blaspheming the Lord, and therefore it was
upsetting to Hezekiah and this is why he was praying. Hezekiah’s desire was to bring glory to the
Lord and he knew that what Sennacherib was doing was not bring glory to the
Lord, but if the Lord would defeat him that would bring glory to the Lord. I believe that there is one more element here
that needs to be written about and that is that the Lord had promised Hezekiah
that the Assyrian’s would not conquer Jerusalem and Hezekiah is doing like what
Daniel would do as seen in chapter nine of Daniel, and that is interceding over
something that God had promised would take place. God sees and hears this prayer and will
answer this prayer for it will bring glory to the Lord of Heaven and earth.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: The other day while I was looking on my
Facebook page I began to listen to a message by John MacArthur. It was actually a question and answer session
as the church where he preaches, and the subject came up as to what. In his
mind, was something that was most important in his preaching time at Grace
Community Church, something that was like a turning point? He mentioned a book that he had written, the
very first book that he wrote, and in that book he wrote about the maturing
process of believers and the first “key” to unlock was that of believers
bringing glory to the Lord, and so I have been thinking about this and reading
about this as I downloaded the book on my Kindle and also downloaded some of
these messages from the early 70’s that speak of believers bringing glory to
the Lord. Hezekiah’s prayer was bringing
glory to the Lord, and that is the kind of prayers that I want to pray and the
kind of life that I want to live, a life that brings glory to the Lord.
My Steps of
Faith for Today:
1.
I wish to give myself to the Lord this day as a
living sacrifice for worship, for work,
and to bring glory to His name. Romans
12:1-2.
2.
Continue to learn contentment. Phil. 4:11-13.
3.
Psalm 139:23-24.
4.
Proverbs 3:5-6.
5.
Ephesians 6:10-18.
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