Because You Have Prayed...

 

“Because You Have Prayed…..”

Isaiah 37:21

“Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Because you have prayed to me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria,”

This phrase: "Because you have prayed..." in the above scripture verse jumped at me when I read it. The context is that Hezekiah, King of Israel, was boxed into a tight corner. Have you ever been tight? I guess you have.

The King of Assyria was hot on the heels of Hezekiah and humanly speaking, things looked really hopeless. Hezekiah's response was simply to spread the Assyrian letter of doom before the Lord and pray.

And God responded.

"Because you have prayed," He said, "I have spoken this word against the King of Assyria."

Who knows what would have happened if Hezekiah hadn't prayed. We don't know and can't read into the text, but what we DO know is that because Hezekiah prayed, God acted. He spoke against the King's enemy... directly because of Hezekiah's prayer.

I do not know what mountain you are being confronted with in life presently that has made things seem hopeless, but I do know what God promised in Psalms 50:15: “Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.”

Hannah in her childless situation in polygamous marriage cried to God and the Lord remembered her (1Samuel 1:1-2, 6, 9-11, 19-20).

In the heat of the battle, Joshua did a new thing by commanding the Sun and Moon to stand still. God answered Joshua’s prayer and the Sun stood still in heaven and didn’t go down for a whole day (Joshua 10:11-14).

Sorrow followed Jabez everywhere because of his name until he prayed to God for a change,and God granted his request (1Chron 4:9-10).

When Peter was imprisoned something different happened because the church offered continuous prayer to God for him. The incessant prayers reached God’s throne room and He sent His angel to miraculously rescue Peter from the prison where he was bound in chains between 2 soldiers (Acts 12:1-17).

Beloved in Christ, that same God who answered Hannah, Joshua, Jabez, and the church in Acts of the Apostles – just to mention a few, is still in the business of answered prayers.

Miracle no dey tire God!

Shalom!