Show God the Letter

 

Good day! I’m Duane Matz and this is Today’s Living Word

 

2Ki 19:14 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.

 

Bad news. It can come to us in many ways. Could be bad test results from the doctor, or a letter from the IRS, or could be a “dear John letter” (for you younglings, that’s a heart wrenching letter that says the relationship is over.)

 

Hezekiah had just received a threatening letter from the King of Assyria. The King mentioned all of his latest conquests and then basically said “your next Hezekiah!”

 

Hezekiah immediately, with letter in hand, went to the house of the Lord and spread  the letter out before the Lord.

 

It seems kind of silly in a way, I mean God is aware of the situation, letter or not, but this laying out of the letter is in itself a prayer.

 

It says, Father, I have been threatened by the king of Assyria.

 

It reminds me of the wedding at Cana, Mary comes to Jesus and says, “They are out of wine.” She doesn’t tell Jesus what to do, but she does tell the servants to do whatever Jesus tells them to do.

 

And the prayer was answered.

 

Sometimes a prayer is answered by just trusting God to hear and act.

It could be something like “the plumber is coming today” or,  “I’m taking the car to the shop today,” or in a more serious situation, “Lord, “I got divorce papers today,” or “I’ve been diagnosed with cancer”

 

It doesn’t matter what the need is, put it before the Lord, not demanding that He fix the situation your way, rather trusting Him to work it out.

 

I’m Duane Matz and that’s Today’s Living Word.