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FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 2022

TEXT: 2 Kings 13:14-21

14. When Elisha became sick with the illness that he died from, Jehoash king of Israel went down and wept over him and said, “My father, my father, the chariots and horsemen of Israel!”

15. Elisha responded, “Take a bow and arrows.” So he got a bow and arrows.

16. Then Elisha said to the king of Israel, “Put your hand on the bow.” So the king put his hand on it, and Elisha put his hands on the king’s hands.

17. Elisha said, “Open the east window.” So he opened it. Elisha said, “Shoot!” So he shot. Then Elisha said, “The LORD’s arrow of victory, yes, the arrow of victory over Aram. You are to strike down the Arameans in Aphek until you have put an end to them.”

18. Then Elisha said, “Take the arrows!” So he took them, and he said to the king of Israel, “Strike the ground!” SO he struck the ground three times and stopped.

19. The manof God was angry with him and said, “You should have struck the ground five or six times. Then you would have struck down Aram until you had put an end to them, but now you will only strike down Aram three times.”

20. Then Elisha died and was buried. Now marauding bands of Moabites used to come into the land in the spring of the year.

21. Once, as the Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a marauding band, so they threw the man into Elisha’s tomb. When he touched Elisha’s bones, the man revived and stood up!

(Holmans CS Holy Bible)

TOPIC: KING JEHOASH LIMITS HIMSELF

King Jehoash is defined thus: “He did evil in the eyes of the Lord and did not turn away from any of the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, … he continued in them” (v. 11). He did all this in his 16-year reign. Despite the king’s wicked sin, Elisha did not abandon him. However, his rebellious attitude might have contributed to his striking the ground only three times instead of the five or more times as directed by Elisha.

God often places an open door before us in answer to our prayers. Rather than follow through the long haul, many of us take the short cut. Jehoash’s short cut led him and subsequent leaders after him to be unable to defeat the Arameans permanently, even to this day.

Many people may prefer the short cut due to laziness, or unbelieves, or personal convenience, or even total disobedience to the life that is above reproach.

QUESTION: Do you know that you are the only one who can set limits to achieving God’s will in your life?

PRAYER: Have Your way in my life, dear Lord Jesus Christ, from now till You call me home or You return to take me home, in Jesus name, Amen.