TAKE ME BEYOND MY EXPECTATIONS OH LORD (11)

Post date: Aug 16, 2019 3:48:13 AM

Elisha did not speak because of the circumstances in the land, he did because God asked him to. He did not speak because he just wanted to please the king and the people, he spoke because God had directed him to speak to bring hope in a hopeless time and situation, to bring joy at a time that there was no joy, to bring restoration and life when people were dying and looking forward to dying rather than live. Elisha knew what the people were passing through; he knew their pains and saw their hunger; he knew and saw them die of hunger and starvation and he also suffered hunger and lack. In the understanding of men, they were expecting rain so they can plant crops and wait for the time of harvest and even after the rain it will take years for things to return to normal, for health to restore, for joy to be restored and for enough food to be sufficient for the people. Unknown to the King and his cabinet, unknown to the children of Israel and unknown to everyone else, God was sending an abundance of food, not an abundance of rain even with the famine.

There are situations we might be waiting to see happen before we know God will do something new in our lives, but God can still do what He wants to do as He had purposed and destines with or without us seeing those signs we hope for and expect to see. The acts of God are beyond the best reasoning and imaginations of men; they are far beyond what we know and what we have heard, they are far above what we can see and what we can tell, all we can do and should is believe every word of God, trust every word of God and expect every word of God to be fulfilled even we see no signs of it happening. That is what having faith in God is all about. God wants us to live by faith in His Him and in His word, He wants us to believe Him and believe His words even when it is had to believe and understand and He will bless us exceedingly.

“So they went and called to the gatekeepers of the city. They said we went to the Aramean camp, but no one is there; we didn’t hear anyone. The horses and donkeys were still tied up, and the tents were still standing as they were. Then the gatekeepers shouted out and told the people in the palace, king’s household. The king got up in the night and said to his officers, I’ll tell you what the Arameans are doing to us. They know we are starving. They have gone out of the camp to hide in the field. They’re saying when the Israelites come out of the city, we’ll capture them alive. Then we’ll enter the city. One of his officers answered, let some men take five of the horses that are still left in the city. These men are like all the Israelites who are left; they, like a multitude of Israelites who have already perished, are about to die. Let’s send them to see what has happened. So the men took two chariots with horses. The king sent them after the Aramean army, saying, go and see what has happened. The men followed the Aramean army as far as the Jordan River. The road was full of clothes and equipment that the Arameans had thrown away as they had hurriedly left. So the messengers returned and told the king. Then the people went out and took valuables from plundered the Aramean camp. So seven quarts, a measure of fine flour were sold for two-fifths of an ounce of silver, a shekel, and thirteen quarts, two measures of barley were sold for two-fifths of an ounce of silver, a shekel, just as the Lord had said. The king chose, appointed the officer who was close to him, on whose arm he leaned to guard the gate, but the people trampled the officer to death. This happened just as Elisha the man of God had told the king when the king came to his house. He had said, thirteen quarts, two measures of barley and seven quarts, a measure of fine flour will each sell for two-fifths of an ounce of silver a shekel about this time tomorrow at the gate of Samaria. But the officer had answered, even if the Lord opened windows in the sky, that couldn’t happen. And Elisha had told him, you will see it with your own eyes, but you won’t eat any of it. It happened to the officer just that way. The people trampled him in the gateway, and he died.” 2 Kings 7:10-20. Prayer Request Click here