Our Days are in His Hand - Isaiah 34-39

 Isaiah 38:1-6 (ESV)

Hezekiah's Sickness and Recovery

1 In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, “Thus says the LORD: Set your house in order, for you shall die, you shall not recover.” 2 Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, 3 and said, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before you in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

4 Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah: 5 “Go and say to Hezekiah, Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life. 6 I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and will defend this city.

Our Days are in His Hand

Death comes to us all.   It is important to remember that our days are numbered.  Note:

Psalms 90:10-12 (ESV)

10 The years of our life are seventy,

or even by reason of strength eighty;

yet their span is but toil and trouble;

they are soon gone, and we fly away.

11 Who considers the power of your anger,

and your wrath according to the fear of you?

12 So teach us to number our days

that we may get a heart of wisdom.

Psalms 39:4-5 (ESV)

4 “O LORD, make me know my end

and what is the measure of my days;

let me know how fleeting I am!

5 Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths,

and my lifetime is as nothing before you.

Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah

Isaiah 46:3-4 (ESV)

3 “Listen to me, O house of Jacob,

all the remnant of the house of Israel,

who have been borne by me from before your birth,

carried from the womb;

4 even to your old age I am he,

and to gray hairs I will carry you.

I have made, and I will bear;

I will carry and will save.

Psalms 71:17-18 (ESV)

17 O God, from my youth you have taught me,

and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.

18 So even to old age and gray hairs,

O God, do not forsake me,

until I proclaim your might to another generation,

your power to all those to come.

God knows our age and carries us through the very end of our age.   We are in His hand. Each breath we breath is a gift by the grace of God.   In Hezekiah’s life, God granted him 15 more years to live.   He took away his health issue and blessed him.    Yet, with David and Bathsheba’s first born, God only allowed him to live but a breath.   God is in complete control of our living and dying.   Blessed be God who grants us life!!!  Our prayers for more days are directed toward God for his favor.   Hezekiah prayed for more years and God gave him 15.   David prayed for his sick child and God gave him none.   Our breath is in his hand.