Mobile Daily Devotional with Pst. Oluboye Emmanuel
Week 2, Day 6:
Friday, 13th January, 2023
TOPIC: TRY AGAIN 6: Go Further
MEMORY VERSE:
Matthew 7:7
“7. Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:”
BIBLE READING:
2 Kings 13:17-19
“17. And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD’S deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.
18. And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed.
19. And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.”
Prophet Elisha was visited by King of Israel, King Joash, during the last days of the Prophet. He was on a sick bed which led to his death. Prophet Elisha gave the King an instruction to shoot an arrow which was prophetic, and the King did. He also instructed him to smite the ground with the arrow and the King smote it but three times, and the prophet was angry at king. “Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times, then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it”. And the prophet died. The king couldn’t went further to smite the ground which imply limited victories over Syria.
There are times in our lives that we quit so early because of little achievement. We felt, “This is okay for me”. “I’ve tried enough than others so let me rest a little”. That is not the level God expected of you. Go further. Extend your tent and add more strength to turn the situation around. When you felt your strength is drained, it’s a trick of the enemy to limit your victory. It’s not time to celebrate yet, move further. The scripture says in, Isaiah 54:2-3.
“2. Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
3. For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.”
Go further, don’t prepare a resting tent yet, you have more grounds to cover. Smite the ground more.
Good Morning and God Bless you.
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