ENTHRONEMENT ASSEMBLY DAILY DEVOTIONALS.
Thursday February 8th, 2024.
Topic : Keys To Divine Intervention.
Memory Verse: 2 Kings 20:5. “Go back and tell Hezekiah, the ruler of my people, ‘This is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the temple of the Lord.
2 Kings 20:1-3 NIV. Key Verse : v3.
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.” Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, “Remember, 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.
Every man on earth needs God’s intervention to get to where he is going. Without the backing of the Lord, no man can get anywhere in life, his personal abilities, notwithstanding. We need to know our limitations as men as to leverage on God’s willingness to help when we get him involved in our lives. Today we are seeing how God intervened in the life of king Hezekiah without delays. We need to pick some lessons from what transpired between the man of God, the king and God himself. God was quick in answering king Hezekiah because be brought strong reasons before the Lord that made the Lord change his mind in the life of his servant the king. Instead of calling him home through sickness, he was healed and given more 15 years to live as we can see. “Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of
Jacob.” Isaiah 41:21 KJV.
Hezekiah was able to present an argument in his favour that God could not ignore. The first point to note here is that Hezekiah had a walk with God. There was a working relationship between him and God, that was the reason he knew that his case wasn’t in the hands of the man of God whom God used to deliver the message. He didn’t argue with him, but quickly discharged him so that he could face him who had the keys of life and death. He didn’t waste time to take his matter to God. All this was made possible because he had been relating with God before this particular time. ”Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.” Isaiah 55:6-7.
Another factor that helped the cause of Hezekiah in his time of dire need before the Lord was the fact that he used his office to advance the course of the Lord and his kingdom. He served the Lord will unreserved devotion from the depths of his heart and God knew that. Not only that, he was faithful in the discharge of his kingly duties with the consciousness that he was rendering service unto God using his office and position as given by God. Today understand that anywhere God has placed you, you must use your position to serve him and advance his course wherever you find yourself. Discharge your duties as one accountable to God who sees all things. A time will come when you will reap the fruits of your faithfulness just like Hezekiah. “And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.” Revelation 22:12-13 KJV.
Prayer :Thank you Father God because it is you that places men. I pray that you help me to always use my position or placement in life to advance your course anywhere I find myself. Help me to serve you with unreserved devotion. Thank you because you will always be there for me when am in need in Jesus precious name….. Amen 🙏🏿.
Yearly Bible Reading : Exodus 9:10-29.
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