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Day 103 2 Kings 19:20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus says the LORD God of Israel, ‘That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.’ 21 “This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. 22 “Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? And against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? Even against the Holy One of Israel. 23 “By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel. 24 “I have dug and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places. 25 “Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? Now have I brought it to pass, that thou should be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps. 26 “Therefore, their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up. 27 “But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. 28 “Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore, I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou came. 29 “And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springs of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof. 30 “And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. 31 “For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this. 32 “Therefore, thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it. 33 “By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, says the LORD. 34 “For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.” 35 And it came to pass that night, that the Angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. 36 So Sennacherib, king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. 37 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead. When you pray, do you expect an answer to your prayers or only hope God will answer? Hezekiah prayed to God because of the threat Sennacherib gave Israel and the blasphemy in what he said about God. God answered Hezekiah’s prayer immediately. Isaiah came with the answer and told him God would destroy his enemy because they blasphemed His name and power. As Christians, answers are as important as the prayers you pray. You need to go beyond hoping God will answer to believing He will. You know He hears every prayer you pray. He also answers every prayer. It might not be immediate, but it is always in His time and for His glory when He answers your prayer. Let’s pray: Father, thank you for hearing my prayers. Help me expect Your answer, not only hope for one. Help me be patient as You bring the answer in Your time, not mine, and for Your glory. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen. Copyright © 23 September 2021 by Valerie Routhieaux Image courtesy of Pixabay