READ: 2KINGS6:1-7
God can use
anything to solve human problems. According to our text, God used a stick to
bring an axe-head out from the bottom of a river to the surface. In the case of
Samson, God used the jawbone of an ass to wipe out his enemies. In the case of
David, He used a pebble to destroy Goliath. What with Joshua, the successor of
Moses? He used a shout of victory to pull down the wall of Jericho. In the case
of the Centurion, in Matthew 8, He spoke one word. In the case of Paul, in Acts
19:11-12, God decided to use an anointed handkerchief. The stick referred to in
our text was effective only because it was in the hand of Elisha. If it had
been in the hands of one of the prophets, or Gehazi, the miracle would not have
happened. In other words, it was not the stick that was important but the hand
that held it. It was from the hand that anointing flowed into the stick. Elisha
was the holy carrier at that time; so, when he handled the stick, the power of
God went from him into the stick and the stick became a carrier of God’s
anointing. The same thing goes for the word. For instance, the same word said
by a high court judge and a policeman in a court of law has different effects:
the judge gives the judgment and the policeman carries out the judgment of the
judge, not the way the policeman wants it, but the way the judge has decreed
it. He who utters the word determines the power or effect of the word. What we
need today are anointed vessels. God can use anything as an instrument of bringing
the miraculous into existence. When the anointing of God comes into contact
with ordinary things they become extra-ordinary things and situations around
will change. Once you secure God’s anointing, God can use any method to give
you a miracle.
MEMORIZE:
HEBREWS11:1 –Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of
things not seen.
