What do you do with your worries? Do you turn them inward, or turn them upward?
When the brutal Assyrian King Sennacherib was preparing to destroy Jerusalem, he sent a message to King Hezekiah saying that Judah would be no different from all the other nations he had conquered. Hezekiah took this message to the temple in Jerusalem, and spread it out before the Lord (Isa. 37:14). He then prayed and asked for help from Almighty God.
Soon afterward Isaiah the prophet delivered this message to Hezekiah from the Lord: Because you prayed about King Sennacherib of Assyria, the Lord has spoken (Isa. 37:2122 nlt). Scripture tells us that Hezekiahs prayer was answered that very night. God intervened miraculously, conquering the enemy forces outside the city gates. The Assyrian army didnt even shoot an arrow (v. 33). Sennacherib would leave Jerusalem, never to return.
Three words in Gods message to HezekiahBecause you prayedshow us the best place to go with our worries. Because Hezekiah turned to God, He rescued him and his people. When we turn our worries into prayer, we discover that God is faithful in unexpected ways!