TOPIC : UNDERSTANDING LOYALTY
(Special edition)
GENERATIONAL PROGRESSION
TEXT: 2 KINGS 2:1-15
GENERATIONAL PROGRESSION
Fathers have divine mandates to pass on their blessings to their sons or like Jacob did. All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spoke unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them - Genesis 49:28.
Fathers pass on their blessings to their sons on the ticket of their loyalty to them.
It must be understood that God desires to bless you on earth. But he has to do it through a father that you are loyal to.
God gave the earth to the children of men. The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S: but the earth has he given to the children of men - Psalms 115:16. Because of this fact, God relies on what earthly fathers declare over their sons.
Saul permitted God to enthroned David by saying to David: And now, behold, I know well that you shall surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand - 1 Samuel 24:20.
An underling has to provoke an overlying to bless him or enrage him to curse him. Issac for instance fixed the price for his blessing. He told Esau his son: go out to the field, and take me some venison; And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless you before I die - Genesis 27:3-4. Watch it! He said: such as I love The blessing is based on doing what your father loves.
Where others think that God must relate with them with no reference to their father, is where they get it wrong. Your father's God is your God. When Elisha took the mantle he received from Elijah his spiritual father, as the only proof of receiving a double portion of Elijah's spirit, he tore his own clothes apart. He took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces - 2 Kings 2:12.
When he came to Jordan he mentioned the God of Elijah and did what he saw Elijah his father did. And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over - 2 Kings 2:14.
Know this, a shooting branch on a tree grows faster than a planted seed.
God bless you.
With the God I serve, nothing shall be impossible.
Your case is not bigger than God.
May you have a God filled day in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
Your Victory is already guaranteed
It is well, do not give up, with God all things are possible
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For further reading, Joshua 8,9.
2 Timothy 2,3.
Pastor Obi Ejikeme
Senior Pastor
House of faith, Nigeria
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