My little addition to Our Daily Bread (9/18/11):
Hezekiah took the letter from the hand of the messengers, read it, then went up to the LORD's temple, and spread it out before the LORD. (2 Kings 19:14 HCSB)
While I love the imagery Anne Cetas captured in today’s ODB of the little boy reaching out for his daddy, there is a different image I see in this passage. While I can’t be absolutely certain since we don’t have video surveillance from the temple at this incident, I whole-heartedly believe that for Hezekiah to have spread this letter out before the LORD, he had to remove his hands from it. My problem often is that, though I lift my needs to the Lord, I often forget to let go. Many times the solution requires me to pick it back up and take personal responsibility in the situation (e.g., relationships, family concerns, personal finances, etc.), but I cannot hold clinched fist to my concerns and expect the Lord to move freely in the situation.
Lord,
Please give me the wisdom to lay my worries before You,
The patience to listen for Your solution to the situations,
And the strength to do my part in that solution.
- Andy Jentes
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