Greetings,
"And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray Thee, open his eyes, that hemay see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha. And when they came down to him, Elisah prayed unto the Lord, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And He smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha." II Kings 6:15 - 20
Knowing God and knowing God's Word has become predominant for me this past year (s). All the years of reading, studying and learning are culminating to these truths that are revealed about God. Paul's words echo my earthly ambition, 'that I may know Him'. Too much of our society, and the church preaches and teaches the half-truths of God. They will preach, 'Jacob have I loved' and stop there and refuse to preach, 'but Esau have I hated'. they do not preach and teach the whole counsel of God. We must study the whole and avoid 1/2 truths. this is what opens the doors of heresy and Scriptural errors.
But there are other phrases of importance that helps us in learning and knowing Who God is. The "I will's of God" is a powerful, insightful study of over 2000 "I will's of God' found in Scripture. There is 'The Activity of God' And then there is these verses of what God does and allows by His servants and the phrase found here is, 'hear and see'.
Teach us, O Lord, Who Thou art, by what Thou seest and hearest. And open our eyes, that we may see what You want us to see. Open Thou our ears that we may hear what Thou desiredst for us to hear.
See in this passage the response of God to the prayers and directives of His prophet, Elisha.
Elisha's young servant is with him on the hill top. Here comes the enemy, and fear fills him. And he asks of Elisha, 'Alas! my master! how shall we do?" Oh, how many when they have their eyes on the circumstances fall prey to fear and doubt. But Elisha had his eyes on the Lord, and he knew God was there to protect and deliver. Is God not able to protect and deliver? Then why does fear and doubt rise up within you? Why do you look to men rather than to the Master? "Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in HIs wonderful face"
Two phrases to gather in these passages:
1. Call & Answer - based on Jeremiah 33:3, 'Call unto Me and I will answer you';
verse 17 - Elisha prays unto God to open His eyes; and God heard him and answered him.
verse 18 - Elisha prays unto God to blind their eyes; and God heard him and answered him.
verse 20 - Elisha prays for God to open their eyes; and God hears him and answers him.
Nothing is too hard for God for His children.
2. Hear and See phrase
verse 17 - God hears Elisha and sees the need. The servant hears Elisha pray and opens his eyes to see.
verse 18 - the servant heard Elisha pray for the enemy to be made blind; and he saw the Lord do it;
verse 20 - God hears Elisha pray and answers him; the servant heard him pray and saw the answer;
verse 21 - king saw the answer and asked answer for his ears to hear of what he was to do - 'Shall I smite?" verses 22 and he answered - the king heard him;
Oh, brethren, that we may call and He will answer. But if we do not call, He will not answer. But how much more when God calls, that we answer. Paul said in Acts, 'but I was not disobedient to the heavenly calling'. May this be true of us!
And brethren, let me ask of you, what do you see? what do you hear? What are you watching? what are you gazing and looking at? Is it the world, or the Lord? And what are you giving ear to? the things of flesh or Spirit? Give ear to the voice of God; listen to the Holy Spirit speak and lead you and teach you.
This is the study and the pursuit of knowing God and knowing God's Word. Open our eyes and ears that we may see and hear Your Divine will and ways. May we pray your mind and heart for Your glory to be manifested.
EPIDEMICS
The remedial judgements that were sent upon our nation, have impacted us for decades. The churches failure to recognize this and deal, speak and pray rightly has allowed for these remedial judgements to escalate to EPIDEMIC proportions. The failure during these days to respond rightly before the Lord to these EPIDEMICS will lead us to the last stage of God' wrath - 'I will remove you from the earth'.
1. Drugs - last year over 70,000 drug death happened in the US; but one of the acceptable norms now is alcohol use and abuse - 88,000 died from this; 160,000 deaths due to drugs & alcohol; use and abuse remains among those in church and out of church; the sin of death;
2. Cancer - surgeries; recoveries; more names added; prominent Christians - Michael Catt; Anne Graham Lotz & now Jodi Erikson Tada;
3. Great Evil - police officer and several others killed yesterday in Chicago; the city with already over 600 homicides on their streets this year, 2 per day average; BAtlimore averages 1 per day and is close to 300 per day; school shootings has been quiet, although there has been several threats and plans thwarted; I fear that the next wave of evil is coming in all areas of school shootings, police officers, mass shooting, church shooting and murder-suicides;
A note - I started this earlier in the week; but revelations of yesterday are revealing that domestic deaths, and happenings are rampant on the holiday. Another revelation of epidemic proportions.
4. LGBT - Nevada has effective for Jan. 1 of the new year to make public schools recognize whatever sex the child wants to be identified with; the whole state;
5. Children - continued sexual; physical and neglect ;
6. Natural Disasters - CA wildfires - over 1000 still missing; 79 dead; And now the worst is coming: people homeless and in tents with heavy rainfall coming; smoke in the air and breathed with create worst hazards; and a virus has hospitalized 100's following unclean living conditions; plagues;
earthquakes and volcanic eruptions inAlaska; this is a rarity;
UPDATES
--A Word - excited to announce that I finally finished Isaiah chapter 56, all 12 verses; I wanted to finish this before starting chapter 57;
--sermons from Sunday are live streamed on Sunday's from youtube live and then saved/downloaded to my youtube page;
--The Activity of God - Ruth/I Samuel - up through chapter 11;
--still have not heard anything from church and prayer leaders; Nothing has changed in the response of 'concert of prayer' or 'calling to prayer' to advert the next round of judgements; I'm watching and waiting to see if the Lord says; This is always about 'where we are' and what is God's response to our response'. Prayer Life of the SBC and the Consideration of this has been sent. but men's programs and holiday acitvities refuse to do anything till new year. A surrender of 2 months for Satan to deepen his work.
Until,
Dan
Started: November 20, 2018
Continued: 11/23; 11/24;
Finished:
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