“And Elisha said to him, “Take a bow and some arrows.” So he took himself a bow and some arrows. Then he said to the king of Israel, “Put your hand on the bow.” So he put his hand on it, and Elisha put his hands on the king’s hands. And he said, “Open the…
And it came to pass, when the Lord was about to take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. Then Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here, please, for the Lord has sent me on to Bethel.” But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you!” So they went down to Bethel. Now the sons…
Sometimes, God gives us a word as prophecy and it is unbelievable because it seems impossible. It’s so incredible that no mathematician can make it a reality in this life. We have that in our text today.
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.
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.
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.
“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.”…
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.
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.
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…
