NEW CRUSE AND SALT (11KG 2:19-22)

NEW CRUSE AND SALT ( 11 KG.2: 19-22)

Every one of us needs a revolutionary touch of the divine in one aspect of our life or the other. If you are truly in an uncomfortable situation, you will be desperate in your yearning for the desired change. This was the case of the people of Jericho when they encountered the freshly anointed prophet Elisha on his way from beyond Jordan where he was officially commissioned and empowered for the miraculous. There is something divine you will encounter as you carefully observe the transformational revelation from this scriptural text.

REALISATION:- Revelation is a prelude to transformation. If you are not rightly informed you can not be transformed. In experiencing God. You must first come to term with the truth about your situation. You need a clear understanding and definition of your situation before you can have a change of your condition. Someone went out to preach and he said “Jesus is the answer” and the one he was preaching to asked “ so what is the question?”. You can not be looking for the answer when you don’t really know the question. You can not rightly seek for solution of your problem when you have not gotten the situation right. You need to first clearly know what your problems are before you can rightly find solution to them. The people of Jericho knew exactly what their problems were, so when they came to Elisha they went straight to the main issue of their concern (Vs.19) It is not enough that you are prayerful, it is necessary that when you ask in prayer you do not ask amiss. Your prayers must hit the right target in other for it to produce good result. You need to ask yourself “what actually are my problems?” If you have not gotten your situation right, then you must embark on investigatory prayers for the Lord to show you where the issues truly are. According to the men of Jericho the location of Jericho was not the problem, but the bitter taste of the water and the barrenness of the land that defied all scientific explanation. There must then be a supernatural provision in Jehovah God to solve the scientifically unsolvable riddles of Jericho’s bitter water and barren land.

RESOLUTION:- Solution can not come when there is no resolution to go all out for the solution. You have a part to play in making sure that you truly experience that radical emancipation you are yearning for. If your attitude does not show that you are truly interested in the high altitude, you may remain the same place. The people of Jericho did not stopped at the realization and definition of their problems, but they were equally resolute in making sure solution is found. I could see in that community, harmony; one voice and one vision. They demonstrated right and burning passion towards their pursuit. They showed seriousness and determination. They concluded within themselves what they really wanted. If I may also ask you as Jesus asked the blind man, “what do you really want God to do for you?” some people know their problem but they are not fully ready to receive the solution. When Moses and Aaron asked Pharaoh “When do you want God to take away the frogs from the land?” Pharaoh foolishly replied “Tomorrow” Answer to this question before you proceed with the reading of this material, “what do you really want God to do about your case and when do you want Him to do it?”

ACTION:- Pass me not gentle savior is not a Hymn to be sang kneeling down or in idleness, it is a song you have to sing while racing towards the savior. You can not sit at one place and expect everything to come to you, you must get up and pursue something. Some of us waste away in our dream land. You must not just be dreaming you must be doing. It is not enough to have great vision about tomorrow you must have a mission today. As you plan your work you must work your plan. You need to tell yourself again and again “do something”. If you are not “doing” then you are “dieing”. You must do something to get something. If you do not sow, it does not matter how long or how fervent you pray for harvest, you will reap nothing. Jericho men did not stopped at knowing and talking about their problem, they went all out for the solution. There is a definite something the Lord want you to do right now about your issue, I decree an accelerated anointing to come upon you now and propel you into positive and emancipatory actions.

RESTORATION:- Elisha was dramatic in his response to the complaints of the people of Jericho (Vs.20-21). He asked for a NEW CRUSE and SALT. This is what I call dramatic, symbolic, prophetic prayer. The man of God began his prophetic action from the very materials he asked for. The taste of the water was not the only problem, but the source of it. If you look at the load a crooked legged man is carrying and you say the load is bent then you are mistaken, the problem is not the load but the crooked legs. If you straighten the crooked legs the load will straighten up automatically.

The NEW CRUSE the man of God asked for represents the place, or the source and the SALT represent the cure. What Elisha was saying is that there should be a total transformation for the land and the water. No wonder he went straight to the source of the water and there prophesied a definite positive change. Permanent solution came to the problems of Jericho because Elisha addressed the problem from its very root. I pray that the Lord will get into the very root of your situation and command a definite, permanent, positive, change. The reason why many a time we do not see result is because the situations are not dealt with from the very root. You need to begin from the foundation. If the foundation is bad what shall the righteous do?. I think the righteous will have to effect order right from the foundation. You can not continue to build on a faulty foundation.







NAVIGATING PRAYERS
1) Lord, open my eyes to the hidden truth about my situation.
2) Give me a new vision that will generate in me positive energy, and that will propel me into positive actions.
3) Let a yearning arise in me, a determination to be more than a conqueror indeed.
4) Let my attitude from today be in tandem with the high altitude the Lord is sending me into.
5) I decree my dreams translated into right actions that will bring them into tangible manifestations.
6) Lord, let your accelerated anointing come upon me, and propel me into positive and emancipatory actions and realizations.
7) I decree seed and manifestation of barrenness in my life to give way to supra-abundant fruitfulness.
8) I decree every seed and manifestation of bitterness to vanish from my life and give way to divine flavor, favor and sweetness.
9) Every evil from my root should wither and disappear.
10) I move into my season of fulfillment and greatness in Jesus name.