2Ki 19:14+
Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the LORD and spread it before the LORD.
And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD and said: “O LORD, the God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.
Incline your ear, O LORD, and hear; open your eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God.
Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands
and have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone. Therefore they were destroyed.
So now, O LORD our God, save us, please, from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, O LORD, are God alone.

Hezekiah acknowledged the Lord as God of All.
God of all kingdoms.
God the creator of heaven and earth.
God who is enthroned above the cherubim.

Hezekiah then boldly petitioned the Lord.
He asked the Lord to incline His ear…to hear.
He asked the Lord to open His eyes…to see.
He asked the Lord to hear the words of the mocking enemy.

Was Hezekiah accusing the Lord of not hearing, not seeing…not caring? No.

Hezekiah was calling upon the Lord.
He was acknowledging that it was only the Lord that could help.

We say it is the Lord in whom we trust.
Do our deeds reflect such? Hezekiah’s did…

…to be continued…