Isaiah 37 ~ Praying God's Word

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 it does. The LORD handled Hezekiah’s difficult situation because he prayed. God told Hezekiah the reason He spoke against King Sennacherib was because Hezekiah spread out the threatening letter before the LORD and prayed, asking God for deliverance.

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

As a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7), 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~”

From The Watchman on the Wall by Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell