"WHEN ALL HOPE WAS LOST GOD SPOKE (III)"

Post date: Jul 12, 2017 2:31:59 AM

There are many things that human imaginations, the best of knowledge and of human judgment and the reasoning of the intelligence community will never be able to understand or give answers that will stand the test of God and the test of time without having to change. In most cases, it had been proved that the thinking of men is in variance to the ways and thoughts and actions of God; what men had decided and concluded as the very best in a particular time had been changed by God and better things emerge thereafter. I want you to know that when God is involved in the things that concern your now and your future, irrespective of its magnitude, it is significant before God and they are bound to change for the best despite the time, the day, the month and the years of delays, despite what the devil will or had ever done against you, and despite what you will say concerning your age, your qualification, and the things you know and think limits your progress beyond what you are now. God is a changer of events and people; He is the controller of time and seasons and at His appointed time, He will act and you will see the result thereafter.   

Sarah thought and completely concluded in her heart that because of age, her chances of ever being a mother in this world was over; the shunemmite woman also had the same thinking and justified hers because her husband was also old; she completely refused to think otherwise and was comfortable with her wealth and was accepting childlessness as the will of for her and her husband, but God was not satisfied by her reasoning and Elisha was not satisfied with her reasons.  This is the story: “Now there came a day when Elisha went over to Shunem, where there was a prominent and influential woman, and she persuaded him to eat a meal. Afterward, whenever he passed by, he stopped there for a meal. She said to her husband, Behold, I sense that this is a holy man of God who frequently passes our way. Please, let us make a small, fully-walled upper room on the housetop and put a bed there for him, with a table, a chair, and a lampstand. Then whenever he comes to visit us, he can turn in there. One day he came there and turned in to the upper room and lay down to rest. And he said to Gehazi his servant, call this Shunammite. So he called her and she stood before him. Now he said to Gehazi, say to her now, you have gone to all this trouble for us; what can I do for you? Would you like to be mentioned to the king or to the captain of the army? She answered; I live among my own people in peace and security and need no special favors. Later Elisha said, what then is to be done for her? Gehazi answered, well, she has no son and her husband is old. He said, call her. So Gehazi called her, and she stood in the doorway. Elisha said, at this season next year, you will embrace a son. She said, no, my lord. O man of God, do not lie to your maidservant. But the woman conceived and gave birth to a son at that season the next year, just as Elisha had said to her.” 2 Kings 4:8-17. The conclusion here is that the woman conceived and gave birth just as Elisha had said to her; the result was that God did what He wanted to do for despite the fact that she had lost all hope of ever being a mother; had stopped all efforts and expectations of having a child and had stopped bothering God or anyone else by her desire and request.

Let me declare to you that the God who saved your soul can restore and create news things for you; He can give you opportunities you never had before and He can enable you to benefit more than you had ever had in any opportunity. Did you think your goodwill and good deeds rendered to others and mostly those in the household of God for the furtherance of the gospel and works of Christ Jesus will ever be forgotten? Did you think you have missed out on what God had for you in life and in His promises and there is no way you can recover? Whatever is your thoughts, age, and situation, God’s words are still effective and active. The hindrances you have cannot hinder Him even when your age is contrary to your dreams? Did you think your discouragement is as a result of the failures to meet expectations? God is restoring your hope. For prayers, Click here