The Guest Preacher for the Annual Revival of the Foursquare Gospel Church, 37, Ire-Akari Road, Metro Bus Stop, Isolo, scheduled to hold between Thursday 18 October and Sunday 21 October, 2018 is Rev. Dr. Henry B. Ogunjewo. The Theme is: BY THIS TIME TOMORROW. Did God really honour His word? God did and how did He do it? What is your expectation of the invited Guest Minister about the Theme: BY THIS TIME TOMORROW?
In this second part, MightyVoice medium has paraphrased the story from the Bible where the event that made God reveal to the man of God, Prophet Elisha to tell the people that 'By this time tomorrow...' and you are advised to read the biblical story below in order to understand the message better. Do you still have the spirit of king Jehoram even now that you are in Christ?
The fact that king Jehoram did not believe the capacity and
capability of God to reverse the hardship in Israel “By this time tomorrow’’ was
immaterial. God never fails and He is known for honouring His word. The army of
Syria heard the noises of warriors that never physically existed. When the Syrian
army that encamped Israel for several months heard the noises of the chariots
and horses, they all fled.
When the good news was brought to king Jehoram, he still did not believe. The king said, the Syrian army was hiding and they would come out of their hidden place to attack us.
In this second part, MightyVoice medium has paraphrased the story from the Bible where the event that made God reveal to the man of God, Prophet Elisha to tell the people that 'By this time tomorrow...' and you are advised to read the biblical story below in order to understand the message better. Do you still have the spirit of king Jehoram even now that you are in Christ?
God used lepers to go to where well able men and king could
not tread out of fear. The four lepers suffered from stigma. Their place of
abode was outside the gate of Israel. They were not to interact with clean
people. It was forbidden for them to mingle with other citizens. They were
treated like no human beings. They lived on begging and were not even
considered as a second class people.
The famine in Israel was very severe. The four lepers thought to
themselves that it was better to be adventurous in the situation like that. Perhaps,
who knows whether we would come back alive, they reasoned together. They decided
to go to the besieged territory for they said, if they remained in their abode
by the city gate, they would die of hunger, but if they went to the camp of the
enemy, they would either kill them or spare their lives. What did it matter if
they died of hunger or died in the hands of the enemy?
“If we say, we will
enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there:
and if we sit here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the
host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us,
we shall but die”. 2Kings 7:4
The four lepers then damned the consequence and went at night
to the camp of Syrians. The lepers were astonished that no single Syrian was
found. The camp was deserted leaving assorted foods and money and garments all
over the place. The four lepers then ate to their satisfaction. They thereafter
gathered the food and money in one place and came back to Israel to break the
news to the people.
The omnipotent God fought the battle without using human
beings:
“For the LORD had made
the host of Syrians to hear a noise of the chariots, and a noise of horses,
even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of
Israel hath hired against us kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Egyptians,
to come upon us”. 2Kings 7:6
But for the four lepers, king Jehoram and the people of
Israel would not have known that God had caused the enemy to flee. King Jehoram
instead of seeking the face of the Lord, decided to blame the woe that befell
the nation on Prophet Elisha.
When the good news was brought to king Jehoram, he still did not believe. The king said, the Syrian army was hiding and they would come out of their hidden place to attack us.
“And the king arose in
the night, and said unto his servants, I will now shew you what the Syrians
have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of
the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, when they come out of the
city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city”. 2Kings 7:12
But God honoured His word, and His promise to the people of Israel
that the problem bedevil their nation would be over tomorrow came to pass. King
Jehoram lived to witness it, but died without eating the bread thereof.
“And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him
in the gate, and he died”. 2Kings 7:20
Do we have such Christians like king Jehoram? MightyVoice will continue to dig deep as led by God.
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