Throughout
this day I keep seeing David in the wilderness. David who would become king in
the land of Israel, he had to face his own giants before he could face the
one that stalked the nation. He faced the lion and the bear and described the
up close and personal fight he had to keep the sheep safe from those two strong
enemies! But a day was coming to David, where he saw a cause to fight a "terminal type " guy and stop the mandate of Goliath!
In this day and within this hour, we must have those who are ready to stand against the “Goliath” known for hostile actions against the people of said nation! But what will you and I find in the account we have in God? Will there be much on hand from the promises we have stood on for a loved one, a close family member or neighbor down the street? Or how about what we have held close to us and given to many others who had a walk to consider with God too?
Will we find in that midnight hour with a Dr. report against our life, against what we have known in God to be true or will we be up-ended to find our faith was in a someone and not in the Only TRUE GOD. Will there be found plenty in our account of faith in Him to deliver us or will be found empty, with barely a trace of fuzz as our trust was in someone else?
I have
recounted many times of the midnight report in an emergency situation for my
health where every card being played was against me, still I lifted my voice
with my husband’s voice, thanking the Lord for the life He had given me and thankful
for the many people that we reached in the Lord’s name for His glory and
praise. Was the account full? Yes and we walked out of that hospital together
some 5 days later. The life we have is not about how much stuff we can accumulate but how many people we can reach for God!
Thinking of Hezekiah today! He had been given what we call a Terminal Day!
2 Kings 20: 1-11 NKJV In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, went to him and said to him, “Thus says the LORD: Set your house in order, for you shall die, and not live.” 2 Then he turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the LORD, saying, 3 Remember now, O LORD, I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a loyal heart, and have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
2 Kings 20:4 And it happened, before Isaiah had gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying, 5 Return and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people, ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer. I have seen your tears; surely I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the LORD.
2 Kings 20: 6 And I will add to your days fifteen
years. I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria;
and I will defend this city for My own sake and for the sake of My servant
David.’” 7 Then Isaiah said, “Take a
lump of figs.” So they took and laid it on the boil and he recovered. 8 And
Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What is the sign
that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of the LORD
the third day?” 9 Then Isaiah said,
“This is the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing which
He has spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees or go backward ten
degrees?” 10 And Hezekiah answered, “It
is an easy thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees; no, but let the shadow
go backward ten degrees.” 11 So Isaiah the prophet cried out to the LORD, and
He brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down on the
sundial of Ahaz.
Today, we can see the Assyrian spirit ruling in the world. It is present in the lives of kings….as to judges, to heads of states, those many captains of industries, military generals, even some clergy and many public officials. Yes, their ruler-ship is in behalf of an evil one who hates. Anti-God and anti- Jesus Christ policies are being planned and sent out daily to corrupt the world in humanism. Taken captives by this entity, the world is hosting something evil in an ignorance. Being careless is being or giving little regard to God or to the things of the God!
In having issues with the Assyrians, he also had a serious health issue going on. It was a boil that was going to kill Hezekiah. He was told of his imminent death. No doctor was called, no Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was called, not even a near relative! No, the prophet brought the message from God when the king Hezekiah had prayed. What held this man together was his loyalty to God. What helped him, Hezekiah, through that Terminal Day and hour was to hear God speak through the prophet and obey what was required in obedience to be healed by God! Medicine that man has created can be good. It can be taken when suited for the right purpose. But to expose sick people to more unstable means of vaccines or never studied ingredients in the shot that does nothing, then we must know prayer! And Hezekiah did pray.
Hezekiah
went to prayer first! He turned his face to the wall and prayed in earnest. He
said: Remember now, O LORD, I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and
with a loyal heart, and have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah
wept bitterly.
You know
when your life is getting better or you know when you are not done in the thing
the Lord has prospered in you to do for His glory and to His praise and something appears to put a dark shadow on that which is not from God but appears to cause certain death! He,
Hezekiah drew on prayer in his relationship to God. Oh, the midnight hour, so filled with emotions,
the world is sleeping, but Hezekiah is awake in the terminal day! His first thoughts was probably how he got a boil on his body. When praying, his answer came and it came quickly!
The Lord
will give the solution to us when we pray: He may send you to a doctor. He may
send you to dip in the Jordan River or He may give a specific word for healing.
Jesus healed them all! Not one person left from His presence sick! Read the
passages of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Lazarus walked out of a tomb. Can you
imagine such a thing and yet many were there to say their last good-byes to poor old Lazarus, but instead they saw Jesus call him out from
death. And we have others like Smith Wigglesworth and A.A. Allen in the last 120 years call people back from death! Their faith was in God that He would raise them, like Jesus raised Lazarus by the Holy Spirit!
In the kingdom purpose what is your credit report with God? Or do you have one? It best to find out what it is and how empty or full it might be. The way to get it to enlarge is to serve God and to serve others. No perfection required but to respond in kindness! If you have no reserves, now is the time to pray, now is the time to speak of the glory of the Lord. Now is the time to note His goodness in the land of the living. Now is the time to give worth to Him Who is so worthy to receive our praise. Then go help your neighbor. Take a brother a cup of cold water. Take a sister a new pair of shoes. Hug your family! And tell others about Jesus!
Your credit account with God will be found and looked at. For Hezekiah, he turned his face to the wall, and prayed to see another 15 years of life added to him. He told God of his loyalty to Him. He spoke of the truth he had given others.
What will be added to you today, if you pray before the terminal day, before that ugly thing that appears as the dark shadow that makes no sense, but there it is! Yes, what will come from us when that something appears, a Goliath from the crowds of protesters, to the crowds with signs, and when the only answer is God. For something will occur, a Dr. makes an announcement, a government declares, a sound made from your own body, healthy lifestyle is not found in the words mentioned about you, but still the only answer is God. It is time to call on Him, do it today, and indeed you will know the truth that settles that dark shadow to dust under your feet, and light for you walk another 15 years. It only takes loyalty to God in truth and prayer. What is in your account?
The Challenge and Victory by Faith
