Isaiah 37 ~ Praying Scripture

Please read Isaiah 37.

Meditate on verse 21.

Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent word to Hezekiah, saying,

“Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel,

 ‘Because you have prayed to Me about Sennacherib king of Assyria…’”

Because you have prayed to Me… Does prayer make a difference?  God tells you in Isaiah 37 that prayer makes a difference.  The LORD handled Hezekiah’s difficult situation because he prayed.  God tells Hezekiah the reason He spoke against King Sennacherib is because Hezekiah spread out the threatening letter before the LORD.  Hezekiah prayed to the LORD of hosts acknowledging that He is God alone.  He asked God for deliverance so all the kingdoms of the earth would know that the LORD alone is God.

God answers Hezekiah’s prayer for His own sake (Isaiah 37:35).  The angel of the LORD killed 185,000 of the Assyrians and Sennacherib’s own sons killed him with the sword.

What situation is threatening you and your family today?  In your human eyes, what looks impossible?  God takes great delight in doing the impossible for His own sake so everyone will know that the LORD alone is God.

Spread out the impossible before the LORD praying Isaiah 37:16 – 20.

“O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel,

who is enthroned above the cherubim, You are the God,

  You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. 

You have made heaven and earth. 

Incline Your ear; O LORD, and hear;

open Your eyes, O LORD, and see;

and listen to all the words of my impossible situation. 

Truly, O LORD, I feel devastated, and it looks like we will be destroyed.

Now, O LORD our God, deliver us from ________________

that everyone may know that You alone, LORD, are God.
In Your Name, Jesus~”