IT’S FROM GOD
We often go through very tough life situations that can have us convinced God is at fault for all of it. In our text today, this king felt the same way.
SURROUNDED
You see, sometimes we are minding our business doing the thing that God has sent us to do, going about our daily routine, and we get attacked. We get surrounded and confronted by issues.
GREED
And the thing is greed is an expression of fear – fear of lack or that we won’t have enough, and sometimes, fear of missing out, or fear of not being valued. This makes us want to accumulate things and hoard, the insatiable nature inherent in the flesh shows it’s ugly head.
PRIDE
Then Naaman went with his horses and chariot, and he stood at the door of Elisha’s house. And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored to you, and you shall be clean.” But Naaman became furious, and went away and said,…
PERSIST
“Then she said, “Did I ask you for a son, my Lord? And didn’t I say, ‘Don’t deceive me and get my hopes up’?” Then Elisha said to Gehazi, “Get ready to travel; take my staff and go! Don’t talk to anyone along the way. Go quickly and lay the staff on the child’s face.”…
IT IS WELL
As painful as it is to want something and not have it, it’s a lot worse to have that thing and lose it. Because when you didn’t have it, you didn’t have a taste of what it was like. All you had were fantasies and maybe hope but when you’ve had it and tasted what it feels like to lose it prematurely hurts.
COURAGE TO HOPE
It can be very tough to hold out hope for something that you have tried over and over again and it has failed over and over again. The shunammite woman felt the same way.
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
And when you have come in, you shall shut the door behind you and your sons; then pour it into all those vessels, and set aside the full ones.” So she went from him and shut the door behind her and her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured it out. 2…
GO BORROW VESSELS
what do you do if you do not have the resources to carry out that assignment on your own? How do you start that business without a bank loan or friend loan.
NEVER TOO LATE
It’s never too late for us to correct our ways. It’s never too late for us to go back to God, repent from our sins, and fix the mess that we have created.