You can be great, or you can be just the regular guy or girl on the corner. Regardless of what you are, there are things that you must do. You still have to abide by the law of the Lord.
You have this great king, King Hezekiah. He built a great temple for God! He restored worship in the land. He tore down idols and rid them from the land. There were things that were not in order with him and his house. Scripture says that The lord spoke to a prophet to say to the King to "set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live." Isaiah 38:1 You have this great King that is supposed to be close to God, but he had to hear what thus saith the Lord from a prophet! Something was just not right!
The king turned to the wall and began to pray. Isaiah 38:2 Turning to the wall symbolized that it was him turning away from all distractions and problems and he placed himself before God. He was sickly and on his death bed and did not accept it. He pleaded with God. He prayed! Not the kind of prayer that you say what you want and its over, he placed him self in the presence of God and wept before him! The Bible says "O Lord, I beseech thee..." Isaiah 38:3 He made an urgent request of God and was very serious! He meant business! He wanted to hear from God!
The word then came to Isaiah to give word to the king that "I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years. AND I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city." Isaiah 38:5,6 God will let you know that he has heard you and what he will do. Not only did he promise that he would add years to his life and he would not die then, but he also promised deliverance! How Good is God?
We have the power to change God's mind! We have to power to go before him and make our requests know in faith! Matthew 21:22 says "all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive." You have to believe when you go before God! You have to bring all of your faith and some to let God know you mean business and you really expect a move from him!
Don't be fooled! Don't think you can be doing any thing that you want and decide to go before God and expect miracles. IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY! You have to have your house in order! You have to be living right! You have to be treating your brothers and sisters right! You need to be doing all that you can be doing to live a life just like the life of Jesus!
Be Blessed!
You have this great king, King Hezekiah. He built a great temple for God! He restored worship in the land. He tore down idols and rid them from the land. There were things that were not in order with him and his house. Scripture says that The lord spoke to a prophet to say to the King to "set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live." Isaiah 38:1 You have this great King that is supposed to be close to God, but he had to hear what thus saith the Lord from a prophet! Something was just not right!
The king turned to the wall and began to pray. Isaiah 38:2 Turning to the wall symbolized that it was him turning away from all distractions and problems and he placed himself before God. He was sickly and on his death bed and did not accept it. He pleaded with God. He prayed! Not the kind of prayer that you say what you want and its over, he placed him self in the presence of God and wept before him! The Bible says "O Lord, I beseech thee..." Isaiah 38:3 He made an urgent request of God and was very serious! He meant business! He wanted to hear from God!
The word then came to Isaiah to give word to the king that "I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years. AND I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city." Isaiah 38:5,6 God will let you know that he has heard you and what he will do. Not only did he promise that he would add years to his life and he would not die then, but he also promised deliverance! How Good is God?
We have the power to change God's mind! We have to power to go before him and make our requests know in faith! Matthew 21:22 says "all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive." You have to believe when you go before God! You have to bring all of your faith and some to let God know you mean business and you really expect a move from him!
Don't be fooled! Don't think you can be doing any thing that you want and decide to go before God and expect miracles. IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY! You have to have your house in order! You have to be living right! You have to be treating your brothers and sisters right! You need to be doing all that you can be doing to live a life just like the life of Jesus!
Be Blessed!
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Well alright Rev. Fuzzy!
You're so right though. We have the power to converse with God and let our requests be know just like Jacob did - even Moses had to reason w/God.
Great illustration.
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