After Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it, he went up to the LORD\u2019s Temple and spread it out before the LORD. And Hezekiah prayed this prayer before the LORD: \u201cO LORD, God of Israel, you are enthroned between the mighty cherubim! You alone are God of all the kingdoms of the earth. You alone created the heavens and the earth. Bend down, O LORD, and listen! Open your eyes, O LORD, and see! Listen to Sennacherib\u2019s words of defiance against the living God.”<\/p>\n
Hezekiah calls upon God to enter into his present <\/em>situation.\u00a0 It is as if Hezekiah says, “Here it is Lord.\u00a0 Here is the letter. See, I lay it out before you.\u00a0 O LORD God Almighty, you can read it for yourself and see. Deliver us, O God our Savior!” <\/p>\n God is in our present<\/em> situation.\u00a0 He is an “ever present help in trouble”, as the psalmist wrote. Because He is an infinte God, He has to condescend to us or we could not hope to have a relationship with Him.\u00a0 And because He is a personal, loving God, He wants<\/em> to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it, he went up to the LORD\u2019s Temple and spread it out before the LORD. And Hezekiah prayed this prayer before the LORD: \u201cO LORD, God of Israel, you are enthroned between the mighty cherubim! You alone are God of all the kingdoms of the … <\/p>\n