Prayer and Eagles

Day 156: Isaiah 38-41

In Isaiah 38, Isaiah tells Hezekiah that he is going to die. Isaiah's message is from the Lord. Understandably so, Hezekiah becomes distraught and fervently prays to the Lord. The Lord hears Hezekiah, and grants him 15 more years of life. Prayer changes God's mind.

This story is interesting to me. I have been thinking about the meaning of prayer a lot lately. I even taught a Bible class on it Wednesday night at church. I've also witnessed miraculous happenings through prayer. Prayer is powerful. It can change God's mind, and it can form us. And here in the OT, we have such an example of prayer changing history.

One of my favorite passages in all of Scripture: 

Isaiah 40:28-31
  Do you not know?
       Have you not heard?
       The LORD is the everlasting God,
       the Creator of the ends of the earth.
       He will not grow tired or weary,
       and his understanding no one can fathom.
    He gives strength to the weary
       and increases the power of the weak.
    Even youths grow tired and weary,
       and young men stumble and fall;
    ³¹ but those who hope in the LORD
       will renew their strength.
       They will soar on wings like eagles;
       they will run and not grow weary,
       they will walk and not be faint.

Let's pray so that we can soar on wings like eagles.