27希西家所写的话启示，他为自己的疾病祷告得很好。然而，祷告是一回事，我们这个人如何可能又是另一回事。比如在三十八章十五节，希西家说，『我因心里的苦楚，在一生的年日，必缓缓而行。』『缓缓』一辞，原文有缓慢、柔和、谦卑而带著慎重的意思。希西家用这辞指明，他从亚述的入侵和疾病的痛苦中，学到一些功课，知道自己已往太草率，自己的行事在神眼中不是那么正确。因此在他的祷告中，他说在他一生的年日，必缓缓而行。然而当巴比伦的访客来到时，（赛三九1~2，）他却没有照他所祷告的去行。他没有缓缓而行，反而急促的行事。由此可见，祷告是一回事，行出来又是另一回事。我们常常有很好、很属灵、很属天的祷告，但祷告以后，试验临到，却不照所祷告的去行。
27As revealed in his writing, Hezekiah’spray er concerning his sickness was commendable. Nevertheless, to pray is one thing, but the way we are in our being may be quite a different thing. For example, in 38:15 Hezekiah said, “I will walk deliberately all my years.” The word deliberately in Hebrew means slowly, softly, and humbly, with much consideration. Hezekiah’su se of this word indicates that he had learned some lessons from the Assyrians’ invasion and from his sufferings in his illness. He realized that he had been too hasty in the past and that his walk had not been so proper in the sight of God. Thus, in his prayer he said that he would walk deliberately all his years. But when the Babylonian visitors came (39:1-2), he did not walk in the way that he had prayed. Instead of walking in a deliberate way, he walked in a hasty way. From this we see that to pray is one thing, but to walk is another thing. Quite often we too pray a good, spiritual, and heavenly prayer. But after our prayer, when the test comes, we do not walk in the way that we prayed