Thurs.'s Devo - A Powerful Prayer

Read Isa. 38:1-22
Chronologically chapters 38 and 39 come before 36 and 37 so Hezekiah was dying when the Assyrians came up against Jerusalem.  Talk about a hard day for the king.  He had a boil that must have been infected and the poison was killing him.  Isaiah came to him and told him to get ready to die because the Lord was going to take him.  Hezekiah pleaded with the Lord for his life and God heard him and extended his life 15 years.  He also gave him the assurance that He would defend Jerusalem from the king of Assyria.  God gave him a sign that he would move the sundial 10 degrees backward to prove that what he said would happen.  In verses 10-20 we have the prayer he prayed to God and found favor.  God told Isaiah to tell him to take a fig cake and lay it on the boil and he would recover.  Amazing that God would alter time and extend a person's life because he humbled himself and prayed.  What would God do for America if we would truly humble ourselves and pray? 
Lord, our times are in your hands.  Teach us to pray prayers that move your hand.