Isaiah 37:14 “Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the temple of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.”

I was struck by this verse when I was reading it. Hezekiah is being ridiculed by the Assyrian’s for believing that “his God” will save him and his people from their forces. And what does Hezekiah do? Panic, take things into his own hands, make a quick decision?

Nope.

He literally lays the letter on the throne of God and prays for guidance. He shows God what was said (not that he didn’t already know) and prays that God will “deliver us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, LORD, are the only God.” (verse 20).

I need reminded to lay it all out before God when adversaries attack me. Even when I feel like they are going to win. Even when I’d rather run the other way or make a decision that is not what God has planned for me.

I need to stop and pray in the midst of the moments and trust that God will deliver me from whatever is before me.