Father God makes the impossible, possible. God’s plan for us has made possible the freedom we feel and our desire to praise. We can look forward to the amazing possibilities of today because the Spirit lives in those who have accepted Christ in their heart. What was once thought impossible becomes possible … What was blocked is no longer blocked … What is unknown becomes known … What was frightening is no longer holding us back … What was unexpected becomes expected. Even the power death had over life is change because now life has power over death. *
Reading in 2 Kings 6, we note that Father God was good to Elisha as he had authority and power in the areas of physics, forecasting the future, and with healing. Our concept of God’s power grows as we see the amazing happen.
There are amazing things accomplished through God’s people. Today, we read about Elisha retrieving an axe that fell into the Jordan River. Elisha simply threw a stick at the spot where the axe sank and defying the laws of physics, the axe floated to the top. Elisha also could see future events. He knew what the enemies of Israel were going to do and gave warnings that saved Israel from disaster several times.
The king of Aram was enraged (v. 11) so he sent horses, chariots, and a strong force of men to capture Elisha. They went at night and surrounded the city (v.13). The servant of Elisha got up the next morning and saw that they had surrounded the city. The servant was fearful but Elisha had confidence because He knew God was with them. It makes all the difference when a person knows God is with them.
Elisha had confidence that he could pray and the Lord would make it happen so he prayed to give sight to those he wanted to have sight and cause blindness in those who were the enemy. There is no fear when we know the future has a happy ending. We can conquer fear because the worst that can happen is death and as a believer, death is the point when we get to be forever surrounded by His glory.
Eventually, the king of Aram mobilized his entire army and laid siege to Samaria (v. 24). This caused a great famine in the city. It was so bad that two women agreed to eat their own sons. When the king heard what had happened from one of the women, he blamed Elisha for all the pain and suffering instead of placing blame on his own lack of faithfulness to God. For not going to God for help in getting his nation out of the desperate situation.
When we see pain and suffering around us, our attitude should be to pray. Ask for help from God and put a plan in motion to make the situation better. Have confidence in God because He is indescribable and uncontainable. He’s made us in His image with power to be creative and productive. He leads and gives advantages to those who follow. When His followers go by His plan, the potential is there to be forever better together.
Father God, You are indescribable and uncontainable. Thank You for the examples from Elisha today who was able to have authority in various areas like the laws of physics, in forecasting the future, and with healing. Our concept of Your power grows when we read about and witness Your amazing power in action. We want to tap into this amazing power of Your Spirit and we have confidence that we can by praying in Jesus’ name, amen.
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* Thought received from sermon of Ryan Barnett, 04-17-2022 “Sermons.” Sermons | FUMC Waco. N.p., n.d. Web. <http://fumcwaco.org/resources/sermons/>.
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