Sign, Anyone?

SCRIPTURE: 2 Kings 20; Is. 38-39; Ps. 75; 1 Pet. 2

2 Kings 20: 9-11
⁹ “This will be your sign from God,” said Isaiah, “that God is doing what he said he’d do: Do you want the shadow to advance ten degrees on the sundial or go back ten degrees? You choose.”

 ¹⁰ Hezekiah said, “It would be easy to make the sun’s shadow advance ten degrees. Make it go back ten degrees.”

 ¹¹ So Isaiah called out in prayer to God, and the shadow went back ten degrees on Ahaz’s sundial.

OBSERVATIONS: Always wanting proof. Always wanting a sign. That’s me. So this passage was a natural to jump out at me. God didn’t seem to mind, and Isaiah didn’t either, so the King got his confirmation. Sometimes, our faith needs a little confirmation for the word to take hold in the world.

APPLICATION: I’m going to look for the places where my requests and petitions have already been confirmed. I’m also going to get a little bolder and ask for God to send me a sign for an upcoming endeavor–I’m not sure I’m on steady ground here, so your prayers would be appreciated.

PRAYER: Lord, you have been bold in your actions in my life and the world around me. Help me to see your clear communication when I open my eyes and choose to see. In Christ I ask it! Amen.