I can only imagine you begin to make plans on how to serve God more than before and how you will do so by attending church school and being an active participant, board meetings to help the church to grow in harmony, become a witness on behalf of God, participate in church functions and programs, join some church organizations, volunteer at various levels in the church and community and the list goes on and on , especially after being removed from his bed of affliction and given a second chance to live again. What a wonderful God we serve. So we absorb Hezekiah's ordeal and how he had to transform his life. This event did not only happen to Hezekiah, but also to the Hezekiahs of Israel. The Israelites were to return to God and put aside their idols and customs from other lands and begin to rededicate themselves to their God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Joshua, and Joseph. The God who created all of us only wants us to serve him. He is a jealous God. And why shouldn't he be jealous? He is the creator of all the luxuries we have and take for granted. Satan has provided nothing that has meaning for us other than destruction, heartache, agony, pain, and failure. Consider Jonah's experience inside the belly of the whale. Imagine how deep the whale's belly is. And what's more, the depth at which the whale swam. And God still heard Jonah's cries in the belly of the whale. If any of you need a blessing, then the depth of your pain or whatever cannot be extreme, then Jonah. God loves us regardless of the depth of our situation. He listens to us at all times. And like the meeting of Jonah, that of the Israelites, of Hezekiah and of the populations in general, we have all moved away, but now it is time to come.
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