Category: 2Kings

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2Kings 5, HIS WAYS ARE NOT OURS!

2Ki 5:6-7, … Now be advised, when this letter comes to you, that I have sent Naaman my servant to you, THAT YOU MAY HEAL HIM OF HIS LEPROSY. And it happened, when the king of Israel read the letter, that he tore his clothes and said, “AM I GOD, TO KILL AND MAKE ALIVE, THAT THIS MAN SENDS A MAN TO ME TO HEAL HIM OF HIS LEPROSY?…

The king of Israel had the correct response because only GOD can heal anyone!

2Ki 5:9-10, So Naaman went with his horses and chariots and WAITED AT THE DOOR OF ELISHA’S HOUSE. BUT ELISHA SENT A MESSENGER OUT TO HIM WITH THIS MESSAGE: “GO AND WASH YOURSELF SEVEN TIMES IN THE JORDAN RIVER. THEN YOUR SKIN WILL BE RESTORED, AND YOU WILL BE HEALED OF YOUR LEPROSY.”

Elisha wasn’t being rude but it seems that GOD was working on Naaman’s pride, faith and obedience!

2Ki 5:11  But Naaman became furious, and went away and said, “Indeed, I SAID TO MYSELF, ‘HE WILL SURELY COME OUT TO ME, AND STAND AND CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD HIS GOD, AND WAVE HIS HAND OVER THE PLACE, AND HEAL THE LEPROSY.’

Pro 12:15, The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, BUT HE WHO HEEDS COUNSEL IS WISE.

HE IS ALWAYS WORKING AND KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT HE IS DOING! HE HAD TO HUMBLE NAAMAN FROM HIS PRIDE FIRST BEFORE THE BLESSING! HIS WAYS ARE NOT OUR WAY NOR HIS UNDERSTANDING OURS. HE WANTS THE BEST FOR US IF BUT ONLY WE HUMBLE OURSELVES BEFORE THE LORD!

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2Kings 4, He can provide!

2Ki 4:1, A certain woman … cried out to Elisha, saying, “YOUR SERVANT MY HUSBAND IS DEAD, AND YOU KNOW THAT YOUR SERVANT FEARED THE LORD. AND THE CREDITOR IS COMING TO TAKE MY TWO SONS TO BE HIS SLAVES.

Her husband owed a debt and it’s about to be paid by using her 2 sons as slaves until the debt is paid off!

2Ki 4:2, So Elisha said to her, …. Tell me, WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN THE HOUSE?” And she said, “YOUR MAIDSERVANT HAS NOTHING IN THE HOUSE BUT A JAR OF OIL.” 

The LORD can use anything to bless a family ANYTHING, even a jar of oil!

2Ki 4:7, …”Go, sell the oil and pay your debt; and you and your sons live on the rest.” 

THAT SMALL JAR FILLED MANY, MANY JARS AND SHE WAS ABLE TO PAY HER DEBT AND LIVE OFF THE REST! WE CAN’T LIMIT GOD IN ANYWAY; HE CAN EVEN FEED THOUSANDS WITH JUST 5 LOVES OF BREAD AND 2 FISHES!

Mat 14:18, … “BRING THEM HERE TO ME.” 

HE BROUGHT WATER OUT OF A ROCK, FEED A MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE DAILY FOR 40 YEARS! NOTHING IS TO HARD FOR THE LORD IF WE BRING IT TO HIM! HE IS ABLE TO MULTIPLY WHAT WE HAVE!

Mat 17:27, … cast in a hook, and take the fish that comes up first. And when you have opened its mouth, you will find a piece of money; take that and give it to them for Me and you.”  Psa 86:10, FOR YOU ARE GREAT, AND DO WONDROUS THINGS; YOU ALONE ARE GOD

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2Kings 3, He can provide!

2Ki 3:9-11, So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom, and they marched on that roundabout route seven days; and THERE WAS NO WATER for the army, nor for the animals that followed them. And the king of Israel said, “ALAS! FOR THE LORD HAS CALLED THESE THREE KINGS TOGETHER TO DELIVER THEM INTO THE HAND OF MOAB. BUT JEHOSHAPHAT SAID, “IS THERE NO PROPHET OF THE LORD HERE, THAT WE MAY INQUIRE OF THE LORD BY HIM?”

These 3 kings went up to fight against a rebelling nation, Moab. Yet as they went, they found themselves in need of water! The evil king of Israel thought that the LORD set them up, but the other king, who followed in the way of the LORD wanted to inquire of the LORD!

2Ki 3:17-18, FOR THUS SAYS THE LORD: ‘YOU SHALL NOT SEE WIND, NOR SHALL YOU SEE RAIN; YET THAT VALLEY SHALL BE FILLED WITH WATER, … AND THIS IS A SIMPLE MATTER IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD; He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand.

THERE IS NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE TO THE LORD, HE CAN PROVIDE EVEN IF WE JUST CAN’T SEE HOW!

Mat 19:26, But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “WITH MEN THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE, BUT WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE.”

Job 42:2, “I KNOW THAT YOU CAN DO EVERYTHING, AND THAT NO PURPOSE OF YOURS CAN BE WITHHELD FROM YOU.

HAVING FAITH IN THE LORD IS NOT ABOUT SEEING GREAT SIGNS, BUT KNOWING THAT HE IS ABLE AND WILL PROVIDE HIS PEOPLE!

Zec 4:6, ‘NOT BY MIGHT NOR BY POWER, BUT BY MY SPIRIT,’ SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS.

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2Kings 2, faithful to the call!

2Ki 2:2, Then Elijah said to Elisha, “STAY HERE, PLEASE, for the LORD has sent me on to Bethel.” But Elisha said, “AS THE LORD LIVES, AND AS YOUR SOUL LIVES, I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU!” So they went down to Bethel.

Elijah was testing Elisha if he would stay faithful to the call of GOD by going with him all the way! He told Elijah to “STAY HERE, PLEASE” three times verses 2,4,6 But, he stayed with him!

2Ki 2:9, … when they had crossed over, that Elijah said to Elisha, “ASK! WHAT MAY I DO FOR YOU, BEFORE I AM TAKEN AWAY FROM YOU?” Elisha said, “PLEASE LET A DOUBLE PORTION OF YOUR SPIRIT BE UPON ME.

ELISHA SAW THE POWERFUL MINISTRY OF ELIJAH AND DESIRED A DOUBLE PORTION OF THAT! REMINDS ME OF JESUS WHEN HE WENT UP LEAVING HIS DISCIPLES!  THEY TOO WERE GIVEN THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT TO CONTINUE THE WORK OF GOD!

1Co 12:4-5, There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord.

THE LORD HAS GIVEN US GIFTS TO BE USED FOR THE GAIN OF HIS KINGDOM, BUT WE MUST RUN THE RACE TO THE END! NOT FOR RICHES, GLORY, POSITION OR ANYTHING ELSE BUT FOR HIS GLORY!

1Ti 5:17, Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and doctrine. 

Psa 34:10b, BUT THOSE WHO SEEK THE LORD SHALL NOT LACK ANY GOOD THING. 

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2Kings, the unrighteous deception!

2Ki 1:2-3, Now Ahaziah fell through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria, and was injured; so he sent messengers and said to them, “GO, INQUIRE OF BAAL-ZEBUB, THE GOD OF EKRON, WHETHER I SHALL RECOVER FROM THIS INJURY.” But the ANGEL OF THE LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say to them, ‘IS IT BECAUSE THERE IS NO GOD IN ISRAEL THAT YOU ARE GOING TO INQUIRE OF BAAL-ZEBUB, THE GOD OF EKRON?’

For the vast majority of people, the LORD is always last on their list! BUT THERE IS A GOD, ONLY ONE GOD, IN ISRAEL WHO CAN HEAR AND HAS THE POWER TO HEAL! JEHOVAH-RAPHA “THE GOD WHO HEALS”

Luk 11:15, But some of them said, “He casts out demons by Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons.”

Jer 17:14, HEAL ME, O LORD, AND I SHALL BE HEALED; SAVE ME, AND I SHALL BE SAVED, FOR YOU ARE MY PRAISE. 

Yet, Ahaziah turn to satan first, the father of lies! He wanted to hear someone say that he will recover even though it was a lie!

2Th 2:10, AND WITH ALL UNRIGHTEOUS DECEPTION AMONG THOSE WHO PERISH, BECAUSE THEY DID NOT RECEIVE THE LOVE OF THE TRUTH, THAT THEY MIGHT BE SAVED. 

SEEK THE LORD FIRST IN EVERYTHING! LEAN NOT IN YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING; IN ALL YOUR WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, AND HE SHALL DIRECT YOUR PATHS!