2Kings 20-22<\/a><\/p>\nDaily Thought<\/b><\/p>\n
That Hezekiah enjoyed prosperity was obvious. An envoy of visitors bearing gifts sent by the king of Babylon became an excuse to show off. \u201cHezekiah welcomed them, and he showed them all his treasure house, the silver, the gold, the spices, the precious oil, his armory, all that was found in his storehouses. There was nothing in his house or in all his realm that Hezekiah did not show them\u201d (2Kings 20:13). Not surprisingly, Babylon would visit again someday\u2013with an army\u2013and make this treasure their own, but that was of little concern to Hezekiah as long as there was \u201cpeace and security in my days\u201d (2Kings 20:19).<\/p>\n
Hezekiah had begun beautifully. \u201cThe Lord was with him; wherever he went out, he prospered\u201d (2Kings 18:7), but success became too much a good thing. You would hope that one who trusted God with his life would trust God with his death, but that was not the case. When Isaiah the prophet came to him and said, \u201cThus says the Lord, \u2018Set your house in order, for you shall die\u2019\u201d (2Kings 20:1), Hezekiah could have responded as the Apostle Paul did when death approached, \u201cI have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith\u201d (2Timothy 4:7). Instead, Hezekiah pled with God and wept bitterly, asking for more, God added fifteen years to his life.<\/p>\n
We pray for results and God answers with opportunities. Hezekiah was given longer life, so he did not bother ordering his house and his good life finished badly. In those added years, Hezekiah had another son and named him Manasseh, \u201cand Manasseh led them astray to do more evil than the nations had done whom the Lord destroyed before the people of Israel\u201d (2Kings 21:9). Hezekiah did not finish well. He would have been better served and would have served God better had he died a younger man.<\/p>\n
Daily Prayer<\/b><\/p>\n
My Lord, my God, Your commandments will be upon my heart, because they are good for life, my life, and my children\u2019s and their children\u2019s. I will impress them on my children, talk about them when I sit at home and when I walk along the road, when I lie down and when I get up. I will not only teach them, I will live them.<\/p>\n
God, bless my household. May my family, my spouse and children, follow You all the days of our lives. As for me and my house, we will serve You.<\/p>\n
Amen<\/p>\n
Daily Question<\/b><\/p>\n
How can you tell if what you pray for is motivated according to your desire or God\u2019s?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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