TEXT:2 KINGS 13:14-19
CLASSIC
TOPIC : THE DOMIMATING FORCE OF FAITH
[14]Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
[15]And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows.
[16]And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands.
[17]And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD'S deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.
[18]And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed.
[19]And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.
Dearly beloved, faith is a weapon of war that never fails.
Elisha was sick on his death bed, but his faith in God was intact.
The king was facing an imminent defeat from the Syrians so he ran to prophet Elisha for help.
King Joash knew that even though Elisha was sick, that the miraculous power of God in his life could not be touched.
Elisha had a deep revelation of who God was.
He knew that sickness was a physical attack, but that his spirit was not sick.
He deployed his faith to guide the arrows shot by king Joash to gain precision.
His faith turned them into intercontinental balistic missiles.
Each arrow was turned into a war head.
As you stretch out your faith today,my own God will go to battle on your behalf with any instrument that you lift up against your aggressors.
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
(Please be a blessing to seven persons by sending to them devotionals)
For further reading,
2 Kings 5,6.
Pastor Obi Ejikeme
Senior Pastor
House of faith, Nigeria
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