Cry Out To God

Isaiah 38.1-3 [MSG]: 1 At that time, Hezekiah got sick. He was about to die. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and said, "God says, 'Prepare your affairs and your family. This is it: You're going to die. You're not going to get well.'"

2-3Hezekiah turned away from Isaiah and, facing the wall, prayed to God: "God, please, I beg you: Remember how I've lived my life. I've lived faithfully in your presence, lived out of a heart that was totally yours. You've seen how I've lived, the good that I have done." And Hezekiah wept as he prayed—painful tears.

What I find encouraging in this pasage of scripture is that A PREACHER, A PROPHET, A MAN OF GOD went to the king and told him he was goign to die. And the king chose to turn away from that report, face THE WALL and cry out to GOD! No matter who tells you what, God has the final say so. Those painful tears, that bitter weeping moved God and God told Isaiah "Tell Hezekiah he will live."

Your tears are powerful. God is not immune to your tears. He is not blind to your hurt. He does not consider your emotions irrelevant. On the contrary, it says in Psalms 56.8 and that He keeps our tears in bottles. He has a room full of jars, vases and bottels--a collection of our tears. He knows when we dorpped them and why.

Go ahead, cry out to God! Turn to Him when the world gives you a bad report. when the situation gets to much for you. When you are filled with dispair, anger, bitterness, hurt, pain... CRY OUT TO GOD... He willlisten and move on your behalf.

More over, He will do the impossible for you. For Hezekiah, God moved the shadow of the sun dial (the time keeper) back 10 degrees or steps. The Impossible! Hezekiahs prayer and painful cry resulted in the impossible being done. Come on now, that is pwerful.