December 22, 2012 A Prayer

A Prayer 2 Kings 19:15 And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord: “O Lord, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, you alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. 16 Give ear, O Lord, and hear; open your eyes, O Lord, and see; listen to the words Sennacherib has sent to insult the living God. 17 “It is true, O Lord, that the Assyrian kings have laid waste these nations and their lands. 18 They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but only wood and stone, fashioned by men's hands. 19 Now, O Lord our God, deliver us from his hand, so that all kingdoms on earth may know that you alone, O Lord, are God.” JERUSALEM is besieged by the world’s strongest army. For nearly 300 years Assyria has violently dominated the Middle Eastern region and Egypt. Surely it is an army that will destroy one city. Hezekiah has only one place to go for rescue, and faithfully he goes to God. See his prayer. He praises God and acknowledges him as Lord of all. He speaks of how Assyria’s king has insulted God by saying God is the same as other nations’ gods. Then Hezekiah pleads for deliverance from the enemy for this reason: “so that all kingdoms on earth may know that you alone, O Lord, are God.” Hezekiah’s prayer points to God, acknowledging his Lordship over all the earth. Hezekiah prays for his own and his people’s deliverance not for their sake, but that God will be known to the nations. Let us pray: O Lord, may the people in our families, community and church see your magnificent power as you protect and guide them today. Amen” It’s True! Prayer is about praising and trusting God.