Miracles for Today Series
Second in a series on God’s miraculous healing power for today.
In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz went to him and said, “This is what the LORD says: Put your house in order, because you are going to die; you will not recover.”
Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, “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.
Before Isaiah had left the middle court, the word of the LORD came to him: “Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people, ‘This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will heal you.’”
At the point of death, God mercifully extended Hezekiah’s life for fifteen years. Certainly his heartfelt prayers made a deep impression on God. Granted, He doesn’t answer all such prayers, but He sometimes intervenes in dramatic fashion. I suspect that even when God doesn’t answer, He is moved to His core. Even as Jesus was about to resurrect Lazarus from the dead, He was touched by his sister’s raw disappointment in Him, which made Him cry.
When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and was troubled, and said, “Where have you laid Lazarus?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.” Jesus wept. –John 11:33-35
Yet as long as there are serious illnesses, there will be cries for healing. As long as there are cries for healing, there will be miraculous interventions by God. As long as I have breath, I will encourage the hurting to seek God’s miraculous intervention in their lives. People often report to Stronghold Ministry how the Lord has healed them at the point of death, extending their lives for years, just as He did for Hezekiah and me. We regularly share these stories in our newsletter (sign up for The Exchanger here).
I am convinced that God wants to intervene more than we think. May He grant us that small, mustard-seed-sized faith to pursue Him for the impossible. God loves to defy human odds!
