King James Daily Bible Study Devotional
Message Title: A Miracle Producing Living God
Date: Wednesday July 27, 2011
Chapters: Isaiah 37-38, Proverb 27, Psalm 47
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Details of Today's Chapters: God's message to the people, Sennacherib’s message to Hezekiah, Hezekiah’s prayer God and His answer, the destruction of the Assyrians, and Hezekiah’s sickness, recovery, and answer to prayer.

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“The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him, Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother...Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her. Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.” - Matthew 22:23,24,28-32.

I do not know how many times I have someone ask me to pray for a person that has died, while it is perfectly fine to grieve and have compassion for those whom have passed on, the truth is, once a person dies no amount of praying can help them. I often tell God to say hi my brother who is up there with Him now, but I know that no amount of praying will change the fact that he is there and that it is eternal. Praying for their family and friends is what we really need to be doing, but those who die before Christ returns receive one of two things, either eternal life or eternal death, and that is unchangeable. Thus those whom have eternal life are still among the living in heaven where they get to see Jesus face to face and God is their God.

Isaiah gives us a recap of how Hezekiah was able to defeat the Assyrians during his reign in Judah, we learned yesterday of how Rabshakeh tried to get the people to lose their faith and confidence in the living God. Now, with them invading Jerusalem Hezekiah did the only thing he knew that would truly help his people, he went to the Temple and began to pray.

“And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD...It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left. So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.” - Isaiah 37:1,4-7.

The most effective way to defeat our enemy is to pray for them, when dangers are most pressing, it is fitting that prayer should be most lively, for God will be a defense to those who truly look to Him. Satan will turn many people away from God due to circumstances in their lives, but those who ignore the rumors and draw closer to Him through them see much more that victory, they see the hand of God and all His glory in it all. “Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.” - I Peter 5:6-10.

We can never underestimate the power of the living God, He and He alone has the power to give life, death, and everything in between. Whether we see a person recover from a deathly disease via earth or heaven it all comes from the hand of the Almighty God and no one can alter His decision. After God promised to deliver Judah out of the hands of the Assyrians Hezekiah became deathly ill, here we learn of the miraculous turn of events as Hezekiah humbly seeks God too prolong his life.

“In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live. Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying, Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.” - Isaiah 38:1-5.

Now, having seen quite a few people go to heaven and recover the past couple of years I come to realize one thing that give me peace, God's decision is often made according to the individuals will or circumstances, I saw my brother go from a willingness to stay to a willingness to go. God will never place anything before us that we can not handle and I believe that if the person wants to prolong their life here on earth that He will do it, just as He did with Hezekiah. God can and still does produce the same miracles for us that He did for every person we learn of in the Bible. The key to receiving those miracles is believing in and remaining faithful to the only living God. “For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation. For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.” - I Timothy 4:8-10.

I am going to start adding a prayer to the message, beginning today.

Today's Prayer:

Dear God,
I kn ow that you are the only living God and that because I put my faith and trust in Your Son that You are my God. I know the strength of my faith goes up and down like a roller coaster, but I also know that all I need is the faith the size of a mustard seed for you to produce a miracle in me. You already produced one by giving me eternal life, now, I am trusting in You to do more as you help me endure the circumstances in my life. Lead me and guide in me in Your will and Your way, Lord. I love you and ask this in Jesus' name. Amen.

God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina

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