LIFE + 15 YEARS
(2 Kings 20, Isa. 38)
Hezekiah was the best of kings,
So the LORD gave him success.
He worshiped the Lord and kept His commands;
And he ruled with great finesse.
Then one day he became ill;
He was at the point of death.
When Isaiah, the prophet, spoke to him,
He was ready to draw his last breath.
He was told “Put your house in order,
Because you are going to die.”
When told he would not recover,
Hezekiah questioned why.
He turned his face to the wall,
While grieving his coming demise.
Then he asked the Lord to remember,
The good he had done in God’s eyes.
The Lord spoke to Isaiah,
While Hezekiah bitterly wept.
God told Isaiah to tell him,
That He would intercept.
And that He heard his prayer and saw his tears,
So would agree to remove his strife.
In three days he was to go to the temple,
Where fifteen years would be added to his life.
From the hand of Assyria’s king,
He’d deliver him and the city.
For His own and His servant, David’s, sake,
God would show mercy and pity.
Hezekiah was to make a poultice of figs,
For the figs would produce medication.
When it was applied to the boil,
Hezekiah would enjoy restoration.
It is so important to pray;
For God may change His mind,
If the person is truly repentant,
Close to God, and good to mankind.
Becky Wall
