Hezekiah lay sick unto death, praying through tears. God heard him and promised healing with fifteen more years of life. To confirm His word, the Lord gave a sign: when Isaiah cried out to Him, the shadow moved backward ten degrees on the dial of Ahaz. The familiar movement of a shadow yielded to the authority of its Maker. We grow accustomed to how things happen until the familiar begins to define what we believe is possible. Hezekiah’s sign gives us reason to trust what God has promised even when we cannot explain how He will accomplish it. Even a shadow knows its Master.
“And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.” —2 Kings 20:11
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