Prayer and God's Will...
Isaiah 38:1-4
1 In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, "This is what the LORD says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover."
2 Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, 3 "Remember, O LORD, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
4 Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah: 5 "Go and tell Hezekiah, 'This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will add fifteen years to your life. 6 And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city.
Also reading Is. Chapter 39...
And I prayed for those who were ill, and again and again their lives were extended, until one day I was asked to pray God's will...and the man before me in prayer passed beyond. I did not know what at first I should think of the full view of such things, but I continued to pray for those who grew ill, for their health to be restored and their time extended...But I do this knowing that sometime soon I will again need to pray simply God's will...and another will pass beyond. Death for me has become the calling card of the finality of my work in one life after another, why must things be so?
Why do my words stirr the heart of the Lord Most High? I am no King...what kind of favor is this that my words should touch his ears so? That the Almighty One would harken to my prayers and honor me time and time again until ultimatly the words spoken by His prophet become..."God's will"..."Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven".
His will is always done in time, but His time is not always the same as it was laid out before hand. How can some say "It was their time" and others "they were so young, I don't understand"? I feel the weight of the world on my shoulders in moments like this, and I wonder if I would answer the same as the King..."What you say is good...for at least for my time here, there will be peace."?
Selah.
~Mina~
1 In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, "This is what the LORD says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover."
2 Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, 3 "Remember, O LORD, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
4 Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah: 5 "Go and tell Hezekiah, 'This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will add fifteen years to your life. 6 And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city.
Also reading Is. Chapter 39...
And I prayed for those who were ill, and again and again their lives were extended, until one day I was asked to pray God's will...and the man before me in prayer passed beyond. I did not know what at first I should think of the full view of such things, but I continued to pray for those who grew ill, for their health to be restored and their time extended...But I do this knowing that sometime soon I will again need to pray simply God's will...and another will pass beyond. Death for me has become the calling card of the finality of my work in one life after another, why must things be so?
Why do my words stirr the heart of the Lord Most High? I am no King...what kind of favor is this that my words should touch his ears so? That the Almighty One would harken to my prayers and honor me time and time again until ultimatly the words spoken by His prophet become..."God's will"..."Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven".
His will is always done in time, but His time is not always the same as it was laid out before hand. How can some say "It was their time" and others "they were so young, I don't understand"? I feel the weight of the world on my shoulders in moments like this, and I wonder if I would answer the same as the King..."What you say is good...for at least for my time here, there will be peace."?
Selah.
~Mina~