The car was traveling at a high rate of speed straight toward me in my lane. I considered shifting to the left lane, but what happens if he corrects to his lane?! I still would be in a head on collision. The car continued heading for me. Then, I saw a road to my right – so I entered it and stopped as the vehicle blew past me still on my side of the road. I sat there, trembling! After I calmed down somewhat, I drove home. The next day I drove that road again. I looked over to see the road I had pulled off onto the night before. There was no road! Wow! God had delivered me from sure death! The church in Jerusalem was experiencing a very discouraging and unsafe time. King Herod discovered tha
In 2 Kings 19:20 - King Hezekiah took a letter written by Sennacherib which challenged God’s ability to keep Jerusalem safe, spread it out before the Lord and prayed. The glorious answer which fills the rest of the chapter came in vs 20 – “Because you have prayed to Me.” Today, as we face our uncertain future what is our response to all that is being thrown at us? Do we choose to let things happen or do we use the most powerful weapon we have as Christians and pray? What if King Hezekiah had not prayed? Only "because you prayed" will God have a chance to give us an answer. Our problem is that we don’t want to bother God with our little details here on earth until it really gets into a crisis
