04 Dec 2014
Thoughts#3399
Don't
worry about anything; instead, pray about everything; tell God your needs and
don't forget to thank him for his answers.
2
Kings 19:14
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.
Matthew
7:7
Ask, and
it shall be given to you; seek, and you shall find; knock and it shall be
opened to you.
Very often when we have a problem, we worry about it until
I'm 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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