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Day 33 Isaiah 38 38:1 In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus says the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live. 2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, 3 And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. 4 Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying, 5 Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus says the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years. 6 And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city. 7 And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken; 8 Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down. 9 The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness: 10 I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years. 11 I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world. 12 Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd’s tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. 13 I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. 14 Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me. 15 What shall I say? He hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul. 16 O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live. 17 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. 18 For the grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. 19 The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth. 20 The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD. 21 For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, and he shall recover. 22 Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD? Have you been so sick there was no hope? Do you have loved one’s close to death’s door? What is or was your reaction to your illness or that of your loved ones? Hezekiah was seriously ill. Isaiah told him to set his affairs in order because he was going to die. Yet, Hezekiah prayed to God, reminding God of his faithfulness and trust in him through the years of his life, and God rewarded his faithfulness with fifteen more years. As Christians, you face situations in your life and in your loved one’s lives that only God can fix. Doctors have said you have so many months, your loved one’s have so many months and then death will come and there is nothing more they can do. However, that is not all God can do. When the doctors have done all they can, and their diagnosis is terminal, it’s time for God to act on the behalf of his children and do what doctors can’t, and heal your infirmities, and give you back your life and health. Every day we hear testimonies about how God healed people whose lives were over according to doctors. Every day people defy the odds through prayer and faithfulness in God, just as Hezekiah showed. God is the same, yesterday, today, and forever. What God did for Hezekiah, he can do for you. You only need faith to believe. Let’s pray: Father, give me faith to believe you will heal me and those close to me when the doctors say there is no hope. Let your will be done. In Jesus’ name, I pray, amen. Copyright © 22 September 2017 by Valerie Routhieaux Image courtesy of Pixabay