Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah saying, "Thus says the LORD the God of Israel, 'Because you have prayed to Me about Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard you.'Assyria is still threatening Judah, continued from the last chapter. Now, however, Hezekiah has run out of money to try and buy them off. He has now come to the only place he has left, the Temple and God. He has received a threat from the king of Assyria, brought the letter to the Temple, and laid it out before God.
Here Hezekiah does what he should have done all along: asks God for help. And as he promises He would, God answers. He recognizes that Hezekiah has done what is right, and now gives the promise of relief.
I know my prayer life isn't what it should be, and I wonder if I'd be unemployed right now if it were better. I know there's no "magic formula" for this, and God isn't a vending machine. But if I had been more in tune with God a few months ago, would I have done something different that would have kept my job? Or is God now moving me to somewhere different, and this is the instrument He planned to use along? Given I'm uncertain, I obviously need more time in prayer.
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