霈恩在心臟專家的診療室待了一個多小時。他朋友在候診區為他禱告，求上帝賜下智慧並醫治他。最終當霈恩回到候診區時，他把醫生給他的一大疊資料拿給朋友看。他把資料攤在桌面上，跟朋友一起討論可供選擇的各種方案，以治療這致命的疾病。他們都認為需要禱告，求上帝給予智慧，讓他們知道下一步該怎麼做。最後，霈恩說：「不管前面會發生什麼事，我都在上帝手中。」

希西家王將書信「在耶和華面前展開」（列王紀下19章14節）。這封信並非談論致命的健康大敵，而是強敵亞述的武力威脅。那時，亞述佔領了南國猶大所有堅固的城邑，準備攻打南國首都耶路撒冷。希西家向上帝禱告說：「祢是天下萬國的上帝！……現在，求祢救我們」（15、19節）。不久之後，先知以賽亞派人去告訴希西家，上帝說：「我已聽見了」（20節）。「當夜」，上帝就消滅了亞述的軍隊（35節）。

無論你今天面對什麼情況，你都可以把這些攤開在上帝面前。當你將「所要的告訴上帝」（腓立比書4章6節），祂必會垂聽，也必與你同在。當你體會到上帝的智慧、慈愛，領受祂所賜的盼望時，你就可以在祂手中得享安歇。

Brian had been with the heart specialist for more than an hour. His friend remained in the waiting room, praying for wisdom and healing for his ailing friend. When Brian finally returned to the waiting room, he showed him the pile of papers he’d received. As he spread them out on a table, he discussed the various options being considered to treat his threatening condition. The two discussed the need to pray and ask God for wisdom for next steps. And then Brian said, “Whatever lies ahead, I’m in God’s hands.”

King Hezekiah “spread [a letter] out before the Lord” (2 Kings 19:14). The words in the letter didn’t address a threatening medical condition but the threat of a powerful enemy—Assyria—that had seized all the fortified cities of Judah and was preparing to attack Jerusalem, its capital. Hezekiah prayed, “You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. . . . Now, Lord our God, deliver us” (vv. 15, 19). Soon the prophet Isaiah sent a message to Hezekiah, telling him, “The Lord . . . says: I have heard your prayer” (v. 20). And “that night” God destroyed the Assyrian army (v. 35).

Whatever you face today, spread it out before God. As you “present your requests to God” (Philippians 4:6), He hears you and is with you. You can rest in His hands as you experience His wisdom, love, and hope.