[SeekAndFind]

So, what’s your take? When the Lord told Hezekiah that his life is over the first time, the right thing for the king to do should just have been to say: “Lord, I’m ready to go home, take me.” ?

[Hebrews 11:6]

Fifteen centuries before, Job could say, "I know that my redeemer lives, and in my flesh I will see God...How my heart yearns within me!" Job 19:25-27

Six centuries later, Paul could write, "I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far." Phil.1:23.

I'm with Job and Paul on this. I am perfectly happy to go this very minute.

Why didn't Hezekiah see it that way? Probably the most obvious answer is that he lacked saving faith. Perhaps during the ensuing fifteen years, he found that pearl of great price.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Expanding on my answer to your excellent question:

Hezekiah's clinging to this world reveals his unsaved condition, which God betrayed and highlighted by His unusual--indeed, nearly unprecedented--revelation that Hezekiah's death was imminent. What a gift! The adage is that there are no atheists in foxholes, and God told Hezekiah, "INCOMING!"

Then, He gave our boy fifteen years to find Him.