Raising The Bar
HEZEKIAH’S BLUNDER

In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah came to him and said, “Thus says the Lord: set your house in order; for you shall die and not recover.” Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord and said “Remember now, O Lord I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in faithfulness and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in thy sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly. Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah—“Go and tell Hezekiah that I have heard his prayer and seen his tears; behold I will add fifteen years to his life” (Isa.