Look Again | You’re Seeing the Situation Wrong

The anointing that saw fire come down on Mount Carmel was now extended to Elisha now continued forward in the prophetic ministry. He was the assigned mouthpiece of God, the one through whom God spoke so that others would hear what thus saith the Lord. He was chosen. He was set apart. He was given the assignment to share the message of the Lord to kings, even those who did not trust in the Lord. [00:23:32] (31 seconds)  #AnointedMessenger

He had to work in a time where persons were falling away from God, not because God had not been good, but because they were not being fully obedient to his word. It's a terrible thing to not be obedient to God's word. They're falling away. Other idols are getting their worship. They're turning their eyes to other religious thoughts, and Elisha is still the one who is saying what god says for his people. And in the time of our text, the word of the lord is coming to Elisha to give them guidance on where the enemy is coming. Because isn't it amazing that even when we are not fully devoted to god, he's still covering us. [00:24:03] (44 seconds)  #GodStillCovers

here who knows that if you had to give explanation for everything in your life, you can't explain how you made it, but God looked out for you. Snap fire with your neighbor and say, God's been looking out for me. Used Elisha to still give them words so they could prepare where the attacks were coming from. Bible records that the word came to Elisha, and he told the king where the Armenians would be coming from. He says they're gonna be in such and such a place. So you look out for them. You you don't know they're gonna be there, but God has told me to tell you that this is where the attack is coming from. [00:25:23] (37 seconds)  #GodHadMyBack

The Bible records that the Israelites knew where the attacks were coming and they got out the way. Every time the attack was showing up, they moved to the left or to the right, and they made their enemy frustrated. They made their enemies upset. The scripture tells us that the king Abraham of Abraham, he said, hold up. How do they know what's happening? How do they know where we're gonna be before we get there? It's not possible for them to have an insider in our strategy sessions, so somebody must be a traitor. [00:26:23] (36 seconds)  #MoveWithGod

And just because they got through this, the another attack was on the way, and now the attack shifted. No longer is the attack looking at the armies. Now the attack is coming for the prophet. King says, y'all find out as much as you can about this man named Elisha. If we could contemporize it, find out where he stay. Who he be with? Because we go on directly to him. Uh-huh. Because if we can stop him, we can get everybody else. Yeah. [00:28:28] (34 seconds)  #WhenTheyComeForYou

And one of the hardest parts of this Christian journey is there come some moments when you're surrounded. Don't you think that just because you serve the lord, you won't face attacks. And just because you serve the lord, hear this, you will see a way out of every situation. But the truth of the matter is some situations don't have a clear exit ramp. Some situations don't have a sign saying this is how you'll make it through. And this servant looks around and says, we are surrounded by the enemy and there's no way out. [00:31:34] (37 seconds)  #SurroundedButFaithful

We are only here and this is the the key. We are only here because we've been serving him. And that's the hard part about serving the lord is because sometimes you can serve him and still go through hell. You can do everything the way he told you to do it and still have armies all around you. Amen. But Elisha says, no, we've been serving god. Right. Right. I've been doing what god called me to do and I've learned this truth that if attacks come because I'm serving the lord, then god is required to get me through it. Yeah. Amen. [00:39:25] (53 seconds)  #ServingAndProtected

What you're going through today is not gonna stop you. It's just there for you to figure it out. This is the key. This is the word of release. So that the next time you see that defense, you don't even have to panic. can just look at your playbook. Look at your call sheet and say the last time I faced this, this is how god brought us through it. And the same way he did it before, he's gonna do it again. [00:52:53] (40 seconds)  #ThisIsForYourGood