“In every work that he undertook in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart and prospered” (2 Chron. 31:21 JND).
In my daily reading this morning, my attention was called to this verse. I wondered why what I do sometimes does not prosper. How instructive! Hezekiah did it with all his heart.
How often our efforts are perfunctory-halfhearted. May the Lord stir us with the example of this dear man who did so much to restore Judah (and some from throughout all Israel) to the worship of Jehovah.
I was struck, too, with Hezekiah’s gracious prayer of intercession for the people. He prayed for them, saying, “Jehovah, who is good, forgive everyone that has directed his heart to seek God, Jehovah the God of his fathers, although not according to the purification of the sanctuary. And Jehovah hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people” (2 Chron. 30:18-20 JND).
Twice over, the Scriptures say of Hezekiah that “he spoke consolingly” to the people (2 Chron. 30:22; 32:6). What an example for us!
R. K. Gorgas