14 May 2014
Thoughts#3195
Don't
worry about anything; instead, pray about everything; tell God your needs and
don't forget to thank him for his answers.
Philippians 4:6
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.
2 Kings 19:14
Ask, and
it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock and it shall be
opened to you.
Matthew 7:7
Thoughts on Today's
Verse...
Very often when we have a problem, we worry
about it until we are at our wit's end. Then when all else fails, we pray.
Hezekiah gives us a good example to follow. In 2 Kings chapter
19, he received a letter from a messenger of the King of Assyria, challenging
him to surrender Jerusalem or be destroyed. When Hezekiah read it, he went to
the house of the Lord and prayed, asking the Lord to save Jerusalem. Through
the prophet Isaiah, God had already promised deliverance. Hezekiah followed
instructions. His prayer was answered. Instead of worrying, Hezekiah saved his
energy by turning to God first.
Like Hezekiah, we, too, can turn to God first and ask, rather
than wasting all our time and energy in worrying about the situation
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