Your prayer, can change the plan
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Scripture~Isaiah 38 1-5
1 in those days was Hezekiah was sick unto death and Isaiah came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith 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 saith 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.
~A change of plans
I.) There was an old story about a young boy who was in church..The preacher asked the church who all wanted to go to heaven and everyone raised there band but this young man....the boys grandmother looked at him and why he did not raise his hand...the young boy replied...I do want to go to heaven but not now I'm in no rush to get there!!!
In other words he was saying I could use a little more time in his natural body....
A. I 'am sure Hezekiah felt somewhat the same....as this little boy....Hezekiahs Body was stricken with sickness~
I.)The bible did not say what sickness he had it just say until death.
B. Hezekiah Prayed and asked God for a healing..
I) But when the prophet came into Town he informed Hezekiah the opposite~
II) the prophet Isaiah says to hezekiah set your house in order for you shall die and not live~
C) How many times in our life we prayed to God and it seems as if the answer that we get....seems to be the opposite?
D) When God says set your house in order he means prepare your family make sure your I's are dotted and your t's are crossed
E) Hezekiah was in the Messianic line. If that line was to be complete he had to have a son.
I) There was no one that could succeed him to the throne If he did not have a son~
II) The first thing that Hezekiah did..He didn't start making funeral arrangements..
He did not get in the phone and Gossip~ he turned his face his God
III)..Question I have today is how do you respond to bad news~
1,)its easy to go shut down and be depressed but somebody say BUT GOD!!!!
2) I'm going to turn my face to God~
3) When ny family member is sick I'm going to turn my face to God
🔘What is it that you are facing today that have you bothered?
🔘What news have you received that have you down?
🔘What do you do when the report does not match the prayer?
🔘What do you do when the bills does not match the finances
F) Because it's easy to praise God when the answer is yes....
I) But can we still praise him when the answer is no?
🔘Can you still give him Glory?
G) The true measure of your growth as a Christian Is when you can praise God when all hell is breaking loose!!!
H) Well what did hezekiah do when the lord sent a message to tell him to set his house in order because he would surely die?
I) The second verse of Isaiah 38 chapter states he turned his face to God and gave God his resume!!!!
~. 🔘 Listen just turn to his face~
🔘God prolonged the life of the King
🔘Jesus said in Matt 7:7-8: "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you; For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened unto you."
~. ~But God~won't he do it
J) If you will count the words of the prayer of Hezekiah, beginning in verse 3, you should find about 20 words.
I) he to reminds the Lord of his walk and his good works. It may often seem that God has forgotten them but he certainly hasn’t and never will. God cannot forget our works and labor of love.
🔘If you were in Hezekiah’s shape and needed a special touch from the Lord, could you truthfully say the things about yourself that Hezekiah said about himself in verse 3? Lets look at the three things that Hezekiah brought before the Lord at the same time He was asking the Lord to add fifteen years to his life.
🔘But God won't he do it
K) How many of us can look back over our life And can say that there were times were it looks as if it was...there was timed in our life were it looked as if we were down for the count..
🔘Somebody say But God"..won't he do it
L)There will be times in our life were we get answer from God that we don't understand There will be times in our life were situations seems to be unfair or were we seems as though we are getting the short end of the deal.....
I) But how many can agree it's in those times were God comes...
🔘There was a women in the Bible who was sick with an issue for 12 years...
She was almost like hezekiah..she went to different physicians but no one could heal her...But she heard that Jesus was coming to town and made up in her mind "if I can just touch his garment my life would be made whole..... Jesus healed the women and she went in peace..
~Somebody say But God~won't he do it
🔘There was a man in the bible who was lame from his mothers womb..and sat at the gate called beautiful..to ask for money...
But when Peter and john arrived..they said silver and Gold have I not..on the name of Jesus take up thy mat and walk..
He went walking dancing and praising
"somebody say But God won't he do it Blind man Bartamaes Jesus..Son of David...Jesus healed him...