It took me about 17 minutes to read this passage. At the end of chapter 31 the chronicler summarized Hezekiah’s rule with the phrase; “Everything he took up...he did well in a spirit of prayerful worship. He was a great success.” Hezekiah’s prayer life was not an endless list of requirements and petitions; it was full of a worshipful expression of his life to God. I know that I need to be reminded to fill my prayers with the language and attitude of worship. The God who opened his throne room to us in prayer is worthy of honoring, sacrificing, humble, surrendering worship. It is also equally true that Hezekiah’s worship was not restricted to singing and music. Hezekiah reappointed the singers and musicians that king David had assigned to the Levitical family, but he encouraged them to be in prayer as they brought their worship to God. We need to remember to blend these two avenues of access to God in our lives as well.
Stuart
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