2 Kings 19:25-28 ESV

25 “Have you not heard that I determined it long ago? I planned from days of old what now I bring to pass, that you should turn fortified cities into heaps of ruins,
26 while their inhabitants, shorn of strength, are dismayed and confounded, and have become like plants of the field and like tender grass, like grass on the housetops, blighted before it is grown.
27 “But I know your sitting down and you’re going out and coming in, and your raging against me.
28 Because you have raged against me and your complacency has come into my ears, I will put my hook in our nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will turn you back on the way by which you came.

THE LORD IS IN CONTROL

After King Hezekiah prayed, the Lord answered him through the prophet Isaiah. Surely, the Lord does hear and answer the prayers of a righteous man. “The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.”[Jas 5:16] We should not be surprised when God answers our prayers, should we? However, we should be alarmed if the Lord is not answering our prayers.

Proudly, Senacherib did argue that it was through his ability that he was able to conquer kingdoms and territories. Unbeknownst to him, that God had determined it beforehand. God said;
“Have you not heard
that I determined it long ago?
I planned from days of old
what now I bring to pass,” [see v 25]

Isaiah had articulated this, saying;
“Remember this and stand firm,
recall it to mind, you transgressors,
remember the former things of old;
for I am God, and there is no other;
I am God, and there is none like me,
declaring the end from the beginning
and from ancient times things not yet done,
saying, ‘My counsel shall stand,
and I will accomplish all my purpose,’”[Isa 46:8-10]

There is no such thing as an accidental or incidental event in our lives. Senacherib’s life and deeds were absolutely subservient to God’s plan and purposes. Isaiah said;
“But I know your sitting down
and your going out and coming in,
and your raging against me.”[v27]

Because the Lord is in absolute control, in every need and circumstances that happen in and through our lives are interconnected or interrelated. We should, then, be at rest and in reverence to Him in prayer always. Whatever lack we experience in life, Jesus has assured us, saying, “Your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.”[Mat 5:32]