MOCKERY HINDERS GRACE FOR FRUITFULNESS

Rev. Michael Benson Ajayi

2 Kings 7:2 NKJV “ So an officer on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God and said, "Look, if the Lord would make windows in heaven, could this thing

be? And he said, "In fact, you shall see it with your eyes, but you shall not eat of it."

Samaria was going through a terrible economic recession with people resorting to cannibalism to escape hunger and when they cried to the lord He sent a prophet (a symbol of divine authority) Elisha to the rescue and by the leading of the Holy Spirit he made this declaration in 2 Kings 7:1 NKJV “… Hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord:'Tomorrow about this time a seah of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, at the gate of Samaria.'" it meant the most expensive food item will be affordable to the poorest persons in the land within 24hours.This was an impossible task by man ’s ability but with God all things are possible.

    The king’ s personal assistant made a mockery of the servant of God and the prophesy by saying except God opened windows in the skies and dropped food, this prophesy would be nothing but a fairy tale.

This assistant was definitely not acquainted with God ’s way of doing things; he was driven by the principle of “ seeing is believing ” but God says we are blessed because we believe regardless of the absence of physical indicators ( John20:29). The king ’s assistant had limited vision of the Spiritual realm and had issues with pride. Mockery is the language of pride and opens the door to disaster; rendering us helpless in times of crisis.

      There must have been some other persons who might have had some doubt just as this government official did but they never said a word against the prophet (2chron20:20). The most devoted of God's servants shows doubt sometimes.

God holds us accountable for what we say about ourselves and the devil knows this too well therefore he often pressurizes us into making evil declarations over our lives when frustrated. It ’s better to keep silent under such circumstances; the scripture says in Prov 21:23 NLT “ Watch your tongue and keep your mouth shut, and you will stay out of trouble. ”

This is very important in having a stable home. A simple apology and prayer for forgiveness reverses the effect of negative utterances in marriages.

        Jesus said in Matt 12:37 NKJV “ For by your words you will be justified and by your words you will be condemned." The word 'condemn' is a Greek word ‘katadikazo ’ which means to ‘adjudge against’. It means the quality and quantity of a man's life is determined by what he or she continually says about himself or herself and others. There is no such thing as an ordinary word. In 2kings 7:18-20 the man of God's predictions came true but the king’ s assistant did not live to enjoy the breakthrough that God brought upon Samaria.

        Most so-called 'deliverance' cases are nothing but the effect of poor communication ethics which can be corrected through a change of friends but unfortunately we often blame the devil for things he is not capable of doing forgetting that Satan and his demons have been stripped off all their power (Luke10:19,Col 2:15) and all power in heaven and earth belongs to Jesus therefore, at the mention of His awesome miracle working name ,every knee shall bow and this power is in the spirit of the born again Christian and released through the word of faith we speak (Phil2:9-11,Rom10:8) .

Prayer: Heavenly Father forgive me of my sins against you I believe Jesus Christ died and was raised again for my salvation I receive him as lord and saviour and receive grace for extraordinary multiplication of my provisions in Jesus name. 

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