Isaiah 39 ~ Praying God's Word

Please read Isaiah 39.

Meditate on verse 5.

Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah,

“Hear the Word of the LORD of hosts.”

God gave Hezekiah an additional fifteen years to live. Then Hezekiah got full of himself. Hezekiah’s story was recorded for all eternity, so you can learn from his prideful mistakes. Hezekiah showed the king of Babylon ALL his treasure house. When the Babylonians attacked Jerusalem less than 100 years after King Hezekiah’s show and tell, they knew exactly what the treasures of Jerusalem were and where they were located.

Do you ever get carried away? Do you ever talk too much, brag too much, show off too much? Be mindful of who you are lifting up. Do your words and actions exalt your glorious LORD Jesus Christ, or do they exalt self?

The inhabitants of Jerusalem paid dearly for a king who got full of himself. Notice Hezekiah’s selfishness in Isaiah 39:8. Isaiah told Hezekiah of the coming punishment of God even on his own children, and Hezekiah’s response was, “Well, at least there will be peace and truth in my days.”

Pray Isaiah 39:5 and 8 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD, the Word you have spoken is indeed good.

May ______ and I hear it and obey.

Keep our foolish pride in check.

In Your name, Jesus~”

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