IT MAY NOT MAKE SENSE – Tuesday March 21st 2017
Memorise: For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways my ways, saith the LORD. Isaiah 55:8
1 Now
there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets
unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest
that thy servant did fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
2 And
Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou
in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the
house, save a pot of oil.
3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.
4 And
when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy
sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set
aside that which is full.
5 So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.
6 And
it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her
son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel
more. And the oil stayed.
7 Then
she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and
pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.
Bible in one year: Exodus 20-21, Isaiah 65:13-25, Hymn: Sing hymn 7
MESSAGE:
Total
obedience remains a major key to unlocking the doors of signs and
wonders.
In our Bible reading, when the man of God gave some
instructions to the widow whose sons were about to be taken into
slavery, she had every right to call them stupid instructions. He told
her to go and borrow empty vessels from her neighbours. With the human
understanding, one cannot see the relationship between borrowing empty
containers and the money she needed. Also, she was asked to pour the oil
in her little bottle into large containers. How can a small bottle of
oil fill up one large container, not to mention several containers? That
is exactly the point. Blessed are those who will not argue with God. If
you ask about my greatest secret, it is simply that I do not argue with
God. He has asked me to do many things that the rational mind with call
“foolish”, and yet I never argue. Why? I discovered a long time ago
that my brain is too little to understand this great God. The Bible in 1st Corinthians 1:27 says,
“But
God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise;
and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things
which are mighty;”
Many
years ago, when God asked me to go to the current site of the
Redemption Camp, which was still a dense bush then, I did not argue. I
could have advanced several reasons for not going. I could have said it
was the operational base of armed robbers, or that it was very far from
Lagos, or that there was no electricity or water supply there. Back
then, we needed a place where a lot of people could converge for our
convention. By the grace of God, I did not argue. Today, the result is
there for all to see. If you can be “foolish” enough to obey God
completely, you will definitely become a candidate for signs and
wonders. Many of the divine instructions that produce outstanding
results do not make sense. It did make sense when an axe-head fell into
the river and the servant of God sank a piece of wood into the river to
make the axe-head float (2nd Kings 6:1-7).
It did not make sense when a single march of four helpless and hopeless
lepers towards the enemy’s camp became the thunderous hustling of
thousands of chariots and horses, thereby chasing away the forces that
had besieged Samaria (2nd Kings 7:1-7). It does not make sense when you are in need and God instructs you to give Him or His servant the last you have on you (1st Kings 17:10-14).
It may not make sense to you, but it does to Him. The sooner you accept
His “foolish” instructions the better for you. If you have to wait
until it makes sense, then the miracle might be delayed indefinitely.
Key Point
God’s mode of operation may sound foolish, but it always gets the desired results.
Open Heaven Daily Devotional, written by Pastor E.A Adeboye,
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical church in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer's Ministries.
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