TEXT: 2 KINGS 4:18-37 KEY VERSE: “Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well” (2 Kings 4:26). With over 186 patents and honorary doctorate degrees from 30 universities, American inventor, Charles Franklin Kettering (1876 –1958), was a man of no mean achievement. Here is his counsel: “believe and act as if it were impossible to fail”. This agrees with the scriptural principle of calling “those things which be not as though they were” (Romans 4:17). One word for this attitude is FAITH, one of the most powerful forces that govern the world. The Shunammite woman in today’s text made a profound confession of faith in the face of trial. She had every cause to resort to wailing. What can be more agonizing than for a barren woman who had a miracle child in old age to suddenly lose the child after he had grown up? The child died after complaining of headache to his dad. She simply kept his body in the room earlier created for Elisha and went off to seek divine intervention through the man of God. She avoided discouragement from people. She obtained permission from her husband to go to the man of God without hinting him of the death of the boy. Neither did she enter into a dialogue with Gehazi who was sent by Elisha to enquire about her need. She had said to her husband, “it shall be well”. And to Gehazi, she answered, “it is well”. But when she got to Elisha, she laid herself and her trouble at his feet. Her faith, characterized by her confidence, hope, positive affirmation, paid off – her son was restored to life through Elisha’s peculiar ministration. What challenge are you facing today that is more hopeless and painful than the Shunammite faced? If God honoured her faith by restoring the life of her dead child, He can solve your problems. But switch on to the ‘it is well’ attitude of faith and take the matter to God through prayer. THOUGHT FOR TODAY: The greatest limiting factor in the world is doubt. - See more at: blog.dclmhq.org/#sthash.iecoPoQW.dpuf
Posted on: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 08:31:16 +0000
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