In Isaiah 38, we get the story again of Hezekiah’s sickness that is going to kill him. He cries and prays and God grants him fifteen more years. We learn elsewhere that his son is only twelve when he dies, and I’ve wondered if those tears were related to not having an heir, though we’re not told that.

Hezekiah comes to the conclusion, “It was for my welfare that I had great bitterness.”

He could see that his bitter trouble was for his good.

Christians are good at quoting that all things work together for our good, those of us who are the called, but we don’t always act like everything that is happening to us is for our good. We try to get out of the trouble as fast as possible instead of humbling ourselves under it and thanking God and waiting on Him to get us out of it.

Hezekiah recognizes his deliverance being an act of love from God and that God removed his sins from His sight and did not hold them against him. But before he gets to that point, Hezekiah has a lament. He says that his eyes are weary with looking upward.

Don’t grow weary in prayer. Don’t get tired of looking to God for your salvation. He is your hope of salvation. To give up on prayer is to give up hope, to give up on life. There is salvation out there for you and for you in whatever situation you are in. Call on the Lord and keep at it.

To pray without ceasing doesn’t mean we never stop for a breath. It means we keep going.

God is acting on your behalf because you are His child. It may seem good or it may seem bad, but it is for your welfare. He’s after your good, and your good is you united with Him! He’s after your salvation, which should be your desire too!

Call on Him. Let Him know you are counting on Him. Then act like it! He will not fail, even though things may seem to get worse. It will turn out for your welfare.