Thou Art God, We Will be Raised

And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O Lord God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou has made heaven and earth. 2 Kings 19:15

Jesus said: Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. John 5:24

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout…and the dead in Christ shall rise…and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice and come out—those who have done good will rise to live, and those who have done evil will rise to be condemned. Matthew 5:28-29

He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life John 5:24

God hears you when you pray. He is not a mere personification that does not hear you. Hezekiah and many others in the Bible prayed and the prayers were answered.

Henry M Morris says in his Days of Praise devotion (Thou Art God) the following:

Hezekiah knew the true God who had made heaven and Earth, and he could pray in reliance on His word. God could dispatch and empower just one of His mighty angels in answer to Hezekiah’s believing prayer and thus destroy the great Assyrian host in a single night! “And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: So Sennacherib king of Assyria, departed” 2 Kings 19:35-36. This God-maker of heaven and Earth—is still on His throne and can still hear and answer the prayers of those who call on His name. HMM

Prayer: Dear Lord, thank you so much for your creation of us and the world. Thank you so much for the verses in your Bible that tell of our everlasting life, and that you hear and can answer our prayers now. Help us to believe your almighty angels are around us today. Amen.

Sandra Hilsabeck