Tuesday 14 August
Bible in one year: 2 Kings 1-3
Memorise: Pray for us: for we trust we have a good
conscience in all things willing to live honestly. Hebrews 13:18
Read: 1 Timothy 2:1-4
In 2 Kings 2:14, Elisha smote the River Jordan and asked for
the God of Elijah. This is indicative of the fact that even thought his master
had left the scene, his master’s God was still around since He does not change.
On the other hand, the same call was another way of saying: “thou God of my
Daddy, I need you now”. For you to call
on the God of your spiritual father, it is expected that your spiritual father
must have been a man with a link to God. If there is no evidence of a working
relationship between God and the man of God, be very careful. Be wary of who
you call you father in the Lord because whatever happens to the father will
likely happen to the son. Be mindful of who ordains you or lays hands on your
head, including your hairdresser or barber. Some chant incantations while
handling hair of customers. Some of such who became converted have testified of
the evil they do with people’s hair.
The head of a human being is a very important part of the
body. Never toy with it! The governments of the world recognize its importance
hence they ask you to take passport photograph as a sure mark of
identification, since they know that through a surgical transplant, you could
change your heart, liver, kidney, etc…, but not your head. This is also why you
need to intercede for your head-your husband, father, or pastor because if it
is well with the head, it will be well with other parts of the body. But if the
head is taken off, other parts of the body will be paralysed. If you pray for
your head, you are indirectly praying for yourself. Pray for your leader and it
will be well with you. In addition, by his outcry, Elisha was asking God to
show Himself now. Although Psalms 46:1 says God is a present help, yet
sometimes you may need to cry out to provoke His intervention. This is why I
always ask people when they want their miracle. It could be now or later, they
are free to decide. By his cry, Elisha also meant that, since he was to do the
work of his ministry on the other side of Jordan, what was the essence of the
double portion anointing if he could not go over the Jordan. When do you need
your miracle? Tell God now.
KEY POINT: A wise wife intercedes for her husband daily but
a foolish woman leaves her husband at the mercy of enemies and circumstances.
Excerpts from Open Heavens by Pastor E.A Adeboye
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