“Return and tell Hezekiah the leader of my people, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: “I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; surely I will heal you.’” (2 Kings 20:5 NKJV)

What a strange question? Does God change His mind? How would you answer the question? Most of us would emphatically say, “God is the same: yesterday, today and forever. He doesn't change His mind. What He says, He does.” Yet, it seems like God changed His mind while dealing with Hezekiah.

Isaiah, the prophet, came to King Hezekiah with a message from God, asking him to get his house in order for he was going to die. Hezekiah responded by praying, weeping bitterly and reminding God how he had walked in truth and done what was right in God’s sight. Isaiah had not even left the palace, when he came back to tell the king that God had heard his prayer, seen his tears and was adding fifteen years to his life.