Good morning! Today our Lord is encouraging us in 2 Kings 20:1-6:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nIn those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, went to him and said to him, \u2018Thus says the Lord: Set your house in order, for you shall die, and not live.\u2019 Then he turned his face toward the wall and prayed to the Lord, saying, \u2018Remember now, O Lord, I pray, how I have walked before You in truth and with a loyal heart, and have done what was good in Your sight.\u2019 And Hezekiah wept bitterly. And it happened, before Isaiah had gone out into the middle court, that the word of the Lord came to him, saying, \u2018Return and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people, \u201cThus says the Lord, the God of David your father: \u2018I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears, surely I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord, and I will add to your days fifteen years\u2026\u2019\u2019.<\/p>\n2 Kings 20:1-6<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Somehow, we just don\u2019t expect to find a recounting of divine healing amid Old Testament kings and conflict. This passage goes on to say that, in addition to healing the King, God will deliver the city in upcoming combat. Then the king is instructed in verse 7 to \u201cTake a lump of figs. So, they took and laid it on the boil and he recovered.\u201d It seems that God decided to heal the king, honoring his faithful service, and used a medical treatment\u2014a poultice on a sore\u2014as part of the process. God alone is our Healer. He can choose to heal us by miracle means, by natural means, and by medical processes. Whichever way healing comes, we praise God and know that it is all for Kingdom glory. King Hezekiah\u2019s divine healing
came from God alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n