Ohh, To Pray Like This

King Hezekiah had just received several threats from King Sennacherib of Assyria. King Sennacherib urged Hezekiah to surrender or he would surely lose the battle, his city would be destroyed, and his people would be taken captive. King Sennacherib's threat was a valid one because he had done this very thing in many other cities.

King Hezekiah's first response was prayer to God, the one true God:

Isaiah 37: 14-20 (NKJV)

And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it, and Hezekiah went up to the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD. Then Hezekiah prayed to the LORD, saying: "O LORD of hosts, God of Isreal, the One who dwells between the cherubim, You are God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. you have made heaven and earth. Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reporach the living God. Truly, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations of their lands, and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were not gods, but the work of men's hands--wood and stone. Therefore they destroyed them. Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You are the LORD, You alone."