Text: 2 Kings 6:1-7
Memory verse:
“For with God, nothing will be impossible.” (Luke 1:37).
Have you been trying to change your level but always meet with failure or disappointment at the edge of success?
In our text today, the sons of the prophet went out to river Jordon to cut trees to expand their meeting place. One of them was wise to invite Elisha along with them. This is the symbol of God in their midst. They borrowed the axe head, which they used to cut the trees. Unfortunately, as one was cutting the tree, the axe head fell into the river.
The axe head followed the natural order, the force of gravity, by sinking in the water. However, when Elisha cast a piece of wood into the water, rather than floating, the wood sank. This was a supernatural act. It was not a normal or expected behaviour. By its natural constituent, wood is to float on water and not sink. So, the wood, rather than dangling around on the water, sank and located the axe head at the water bed. As soon as it made contact with the axe head, the law of floating countered and neutralized the law of gravity and then transferred its floating power into it to make the axe head float. Thus, a miracle took place when, by divine intervention, nature’s usual behavior or pattern was changed to make the iron head float!
Friends, make God your partner, and you will experience that desired miracle. Can you imagine if Elisha was not there with them? Look at our memory text again. “…with God”. It means God and you! Partnership with God guarantees miracles.
Notice what the one that was cutting the tree did when the axe head fell into the water (2 Kings 6:5). He cried out to Elisha. It was a cry for help. If you need a miracle, you must cry out to God for help. Cry out for divine intervention. This is a cry and not a silent prayer. It show’s your desperation. God loves it when you cry out for His help. The woman of Canaan received the miracle she needed for her daughter when she cried out after Jesus for help (Matt 15:22). What about Bartimaeus? (Mark 10:47).
As you cry out to the God of miracles, I decree that the negative forces working against your rising be countered now in Jesus’ name. I also see your healing springing forth; your business thriving again; and all your losses restored. I reverse the negative pattern of failure at the edge of breakthrough in your life in Jesus’ name.
Prayer points
1. Father, I need a divine intervention and miraculous restoration of all my losses in Jesus’ name.
2. I terminate every negative pattern and failure at the edge of success in my life in Jesus’ name.
Today’s declarations
1. I see my losses being restored by divine intervention.
2. I am desperate for a miracle, so I will not be silent when I need to cry for help.
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