Daily Deliverance

2 Kings 19:14-19

14And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.

15And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.

16LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God.

17Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands,

18And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.

19Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God, even thou only.

This is one of my favorite passages in the bible. King Hezekiah pours his heart out to the Lord. In verse 35 we see the Lord's answer.

35And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. (185,000)

The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth - Psalm 145:18.

Hezekiah called on the Lord, but he also called on the Lord "in truth". His petition was for the Lord's name and the Lord's kingdom. V19 "Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God, even thou only." The Lord answered for his name's sake.

In living for the kingdom of God we need the same "deliverance" from God each day. Just as Hezekiah was helpless to answer the situation we are helpless to meet the day. We need grace and the Holy Spirit.

We need to have our heart aligned with God's kingdom. We need to get before the Lord and ask for his help and then he will answer. He will provide whatever we need.