Strike!

“But the man of God was angry with him. “You should have struck the ground five or six times!” he exclaimed. “Then you would have beaten Syria until it was entirely destroyed. Now you will be victorious only three times.” 2 kings 13:19

“Then he said, “Now pick up the other arrows and strike them against the ground.” So the king picked them up and struck the ground three times” 2 kings 13:18. This was the mistake the king made. God told him to start but he decided on his own when to stop. If God told you to start, let God tell you when to stop! If God tells you to strike, strike and keep striking! But the king was lazy; he struck three times and stopped. Just two more strikes to go and the victory would have been complete. Just two more to go but he stopped. He should have struck the ground so much that Elisha would be the one begging him to stop. That is how it should be. And you can apply this to different areas.

For instance, a lady had told her Pastor about all her problems and he advised her to fast. But her response was that her own type of fasting ends at noon and in between she has to drink Pepsi. As a people, by God’s grace, when God leads us to fast we will strike and keep striking. When you pray, is it not for your own good and for the good of your children even yet unborn? Does it make God holier or richer? I say to you today – strike! Your attitude should be, if God has told me to strike – strike I shall! God honors such things. Keep striking until you hear the next instruction.

“When Elisha was in his last illness, King Jehoash of Israel visited him and wept over him. “My father! My father! I see the chariots and charioteers of Israel!” he cried” 2kings 3:14. This verse reveals the pain of Elisha. He wasn’t just an angry old man. Elisha was going to die, the king came to Elisha and said, I see what you saw when your master was taken from you. That must have created an overwhelming emotion in Elisha because he was going to leave the earth without passing on the anointing to anybody. The pain of every leader is to look back and not find anyone following you. They may be following you in suit and tie, but no one is paying the price. They see what you do, but they are not willing to do the same. They opt to sit back, let you do all the sacrificing and then feed off you. The pain of every Paul is to look back and not see any Timothy.

Prayer: Father, empower me to stand as you have called me to and give me the grace to pay the price required for my destiny in You, in Jesus Name.