Some of you who have read Karen's Korners for awhile probably have discovered that I am not much of an Old Testament buff. Today I am going to type a few verses from 2 Kings 20: 1 - 7. It is a story about Hezekiah and Isaiah. I don't much about these two, but I liked the verses and the commentary:

Hezekiah now became deathly sick, and Isaiah the prophet went to visit him. "Set your affairs in order and prepare to die," Isaiah told him. "The Lord says you won't recover."

Hezekiah turned his face to the wall. "O Lord," he pleaded, "remember how I've always tried to obey you and to please you in everything I do......." Then he broke down and cried.

So before Isaiah left the courtyard, the Lord spoke to him again. "Go back to Hezekiah, the leader of my people, and tell him that the Lord God of his ancestor David has heard his prayer and seen his tears. I will heal him, and three days from now he will be out of bed and at the Temple! I will add fifteen years to his life and save him and this city from the king of Assyria. And it will all be done for the glory of my own and name and for the sake of my servant David."

Isaiah then instructed Hezekiah to boil some dried figs and make a paste of them and spread it on the boil. And he recovered!

Commentary: "Over a 100-year period of Judah's history. Hezekiah was the only faithful king, but what a difference he made! Because of Hezekiah's faith and prayer, God healed him and saved his city from the Assyrians. You can make a difference, too, even if your faith puts you in the minority. Faith and prayer, if they are sincere and directed toward one true God, can bring about change in any situation.