TOPIC: STEPS TO DOUBLE PORTION 4:
Mobile Daily Devotional with Pst. Fakunle Emmanuel
Week 29, Day 4:
Wednesday, 13 July, 2022.
TOPIC: STEPS TO DOUBLE PORTION 4: Forget His Weaknesses
MEMORY VERSE:
Is. 61:7
“7 Instead Of Your Shame You Shall Have Double Honor, and instead of confusion they shall rejoice in their portion. Therefore in their land they shall possess double; Everlasting joy shall be theirs.”
BIBLE READING:
2 Kings 6:31-33.
31 Then he said, “God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on him today!”
32 But Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. And the king sent a man ahead of him, but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, “Do you see how this son of a murderer has sent someone to take away my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door. Is not the sound of his master’s feet behind him?”
33 And while he was still talking with them, there was the messenger, coming down to him; and then the king said, “Surely this calamity is from the LORD; why should I wait for the LORD any longer?”
One big challenge we followers have with our Elijah is about their weaknesses, their mistakes and fault. Many accept and take every steps their master takes not minding if it were wrong or not. Elisha was a man who observed and studied Elijah and followed his footsteps but He quickly change from Elijah’s weaknesses.
When Elisha received double portion of Elijah’s power, the first thing he did was to lay curse on the children who called him baldheaded man which was what Elijah will do, 2 Kings 2:33-34. He quickly realised himself and made it the last of his mistake. Another privilege came for him to act like Elijah will do, instead, He called the elders to lock the door against the messages of the king, remember Elijah waited for the king’s messenger and rained fire on them, 2 Kings 1:7-14.
You don’t have to carry the weaknesses of your master with the double portion you received, separate his/her good habit from the bad habit. Know his fault and avoid it in your life. That your master acted wickedly doesn’t give you the right to do the same. Study to know his weaknesses and avoid it. The kingdom of Rehoboam was separated because he continued with his father, King Solomon, wickedness to the Israelite and Jeroboam, so therefore he lost ten kingdom to Jeroboam, 1 Kings 12. Avoid the mistakes of your master, don’t repeat it with the double portion.
God Bless you and Good Morning.
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