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2 Kings 4:
A widow of a descendant of a prophet was in debt and her
sons were taken away as slaves. Elisha told her to get as many vessels as
she could find and fill them all with oil from the little oil she had left.
That little oil jar filled all the vessels that there was none left unfilled.
Elisha then instructed her to sell the oil, pay her debt, and take care of her
children with the balance. She became debt free. A wealthy woman always made Elisha stop and eat
at her place whenever he passed that way. She even prepared a room for
Elisha's convenience. Elisha was so grateful that he promised the
childless woman and her old husband that they would have a baby the following
year and it was so. She was debt free from childlessness. As years went by, the child died. She ran to
Mount Carmel to get Elisha, and he raised the boy from death. Elisha also
fed 100 prophets miraculously with just a little food. When you go out of
your way to do good to others, you work for God, and God rewards you handsomely.
Prophets work for God, so did the wealthy childless woman. To be debt free
is a great gift from God.
2 Kings 5: Elisha told the leprous general of Syria, Naaman, to go wash in the River
Jordan 7 times, but the general was offended because he came all the way from
Syria and Elisha only sent words to him without seeing him as if there were no
better rivers in Syria to wash in. He eventually went and was healed.
He was debt free from leprosy. No matter the insult, discrimination, or racism, always try get what you want
out of it unless it is so demeaning that your honor is above what you want. Naaman was so grateful that he offered Elijah gifts, wanted to take some of
Israel's soil to pray on to God, promised not to worship idols again, and asked
for forgiveness when he enters the idol house where the King of Syria worships.
Elisha accepted all request, but rejected the gifts. After Naaman left,
Gehazi, servant of Elisha, ran after him and got some gifts on behalf of Elisha
without Elisha's consent. It was because of this deceit that Gehazi and his
descendants became lepers. Gehazi was now in debt to leprosy.
Never take what is not yours or bear false witness against another because
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2 Kings 6:
Elisha made the iron head of an axe float so that the borrower of the axe
could return it to the owner. Each time the King of Syria had a war plan
against Israel, Elisha would inform Israel. The Syrian king began to
believe that there was a traitor in his midst. The king was then told about
Elisha, so he went to capture Elisha. Elisha's city was surrounded by the Syrian
army, but
the invincible army of God around Elisha surpassed the Syrians.
Elisha then made them blind and led them to Samaria where the King of Israel
was. Elisha opened their eyes, the Israeli king then fed them and sent them
home. Syria came later to besiege Israel all around that things got so
expensive and scares that they started to eat their children. So the king
of Israel wanted to kill Elisha. Sometime when you do good for people who
are no good, the day they cannot find any solution they still come to blame you
for their troubles. Try to associate with good people who really
appreciate your friendship.
2 Kings 7:
Elisha then told the king of Israel and his captain, who came to kill Elisha
that things were going to be cheaper and abundant by tomorrow, but the captain
will eat none of it because he doubted God. The next day, things were so
bad in Israel that some lepers felt it was better to go to the Syrian camp and
be put to death. When they got there they saw that the Syrian army had ran
way leaving all their wealth and possession behind (they heard the chariots and
horses of God and ran). The Syrian wealth brought abundance to Israel and
things got cheaper again. When the captain went out to see what was
happening he got crushed to death by the jubilating Israeli crowd. No
matter how silly or impossible, never doubt the existence, power, and
possibilities of God. |
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