Read what it says about him:
5 Hezekiah trusted in the
LORD, the God of Israel.
There was no one like him among all the kings
of Judah, either before him or after him.
6 He held fast to the LORD and did not stop following him;
he kept the commands the LORD had given Moses.
7 And the LORD was with him;
he was successful in whatever he undertook. (Chapter 18)
I looked up the word "held fast." The NASB uses the word "clung." It also means "abide." It reminded me of what Jesus said in John 15:4, "Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me."
Hezekiah's life was marked by prayer and trust in God. When he received word that an army was about to attack, he prayed. When he was told he was about to die, he prayed, and God gave him fifteen more years of life.
Oh, to have that be my first response!
The phrase that made me look twice was God's response to his prayer.
"Because you have prayed to Me about Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard you."
Because you have prayed.
I was recently challenged, "What if God only gave you today what you prayed for?"
Because you have prayed.
That's enough to chew on for the day, don't you think?
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