Hezekiah's Urgent Prayer

In 2 Kings chapter 20 we find Hezekiah, the thirteenth king of Judah, sick unto death. The prophet Isaiah came to him with a message from the Lord. Hezekiah was to set his house in order for he was to die. Now I don't know about you but if I was told I was going to die I believe I'd panic.  I'd hoop and holler and carry on like a crazy person. What did Hezekiah do? Hezekiah immediately began to pray to the Lord. 

2 Kings 20:3
I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

To beseech means to implore urgently, to beg eagerly, to make urgent appeal.

In verse 5 we find the Lord's answer to Hezekiah's prayer.

2 Kings 20:5
Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the Lord.

It would be simple to interpret these passages and say that all we must do is pray to the Lord and He will heal us, He will give us what we want. But there is so much more to this scripture than that. There was Hezekiah's faith, there was Hezekiah's urgent and eager prayer, and there was Hezekiah's walk of truth and his perfect heart.  He had done the things that were good in the Lord's sight.  Can we say that? Do we bend to God's will and heed His call to do what He asks of us?  Do we walk in truth? Do we have a perfect heart? And what of our faith? Do we have enough faith to turn immediately to God in prayer upon receipt of life altering news? Do we pray urgently and eagerly, begging the Lord to hear our prayers?  Hezekiah did.  

2 Kings 18:3
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his father did.
2 Kings 18:6 
For he clave to the Lord, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses.  

Hezekiah received mighty high praise from the Lord and for his faith and righteousness the Lord heard his cry and healed him.  The Lord added 15 years to his life and delivered him and the city out of the hand of the Assyrian king.  We cannot simply pray to God when something is wrong, when life takes a turn for the worse.  We have to live according to God's Word.  We have to live faithfully, righteously, and prayerfully.  And if we do, He will hear our prayer, He will see our tears, and He will heal us.