Isaiah 37:1- 38:14

As you approach the Lord, do you do so humbly? Like a child at His father's feet, ready to take in what the Father has to teach and say? Hezekiah changed his clothes and put on sackcloth to show his humility and reverence for the Lord... are you symbolically doing that? With humility comes gratitude and appreciation for the blessings and resources that the Lord has given unto you.

Isaiah 37:20
Now, O Lord, our God, deliver us from his hand, so that all kingdoms on earth may know that you alone, O Lord, are God." 

This is a prayer for myself as well. I pray that God will keep me away from the devil's hands and from falling into his traps and temptations. Through that may He be exalted to the ends of the earth because He indeed is the one true God, the living God and saving grace.

Everything that has happened is part of His master plan. He ordained all of it and everything happened for His glory. We may not understand why there are famines, wars, poverty, political insecurities around the world but we know that in the grand scheme of things God has it all in control and in His hands.... not our hands. We have a finite mind while God has an infinitely wide and vast mind of intelligence and wisdom that we will never comprehend. What we are called to do is to trust in the Lord with all our hearts and to be peacemakers and teachers of our faith with our whole being.

When our hearts are zealous for God Almighty, our soul will be rooted in Him, the sure foundation and cornerstone of our life, and our work will be good fruit in God's eyes as speech and actions are pointed towards Him.

Isaiah 38:3
"Remember, O Lord, how I have walked before you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in your eyes." And Hezekiah wept bitterly. 

Hezekiah was devoted to the Lord and He granted him an extra 15 years of life when Hezekiah prayed. Am I walking faithfully with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good in His eyes at all times? It's a question should be posed often. It will help guide you in your walk with Christ, in addition to a change in lifestyle so that it's God-centred.

The reminder: Approach God with humility and reverence. Be zealous for the Lord as through that we become rooted in Him and bear fruit for His glory. From that our understanding of everything will be in faith and trust of the Lord.