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NAAMAN

2 Kings 5v1-14 There are alot of lessons from Naaman's story. I want us to look at how God brings people into our lives to be a channel of our blessings. Naaman was a commander of King Aram's army. He had an Israel slave girl for his wife. They got this slave girl at a time when the Arameans invaded Israel. Naaman had leprosy which is incurable in most cases. This slave girl, working as his house maid was the one who had information on how his leprosy can be healed. I would also say that this girl had faith because not everyone who knows of a healing story can actually go and preach that to the sick. Again she had the courage to speak and i even wonder how many times she had rehearsed to get the right approach, i mean to get the attention without offending her mistress. Its rare for house maids to be involved in such kind of discussions with their mistresses, and this one was a slave taken during a war. Those who have watched the film called THE ROOTS(Kunta Kinte), it shows how African slaves were being treated, including those selected to work as house maids, you would agree with me that it was not easy to start sharing such kind of information though it was important. Normally a slave is voiceless, he cannot give instruction to his master. I say this was a divine connection for Naaman to get his miracle. The news got the King of Aram that there is a man of God in Israel, who can pray for Naaman and get healed of his leprosy. The slave girl had assured Naaman's wife and insisted that a prophet in her land would pray to God and Naaman's leprosy will be cured. King Aram sent Naaman to the King of Israel with a letter of introduction. The bible says that on verse 7 of 2Kings chapter 5 that the king of Israel tore his clothes in dismay, he thought the king of Aram is looking for touble again, a war or something. This goes back to the point of saying the slave girl had much faith, that is why God used her as a connection. The King knew about Elisha, he was a Elijah's sevant and everybody knew about Elijah, a prophet who could bind rain for three years. King Jehoshaphat of Judah had been consulting Elisha during wars involving kings of Israel(2kings3v11), in short Elisha was known as a prophet of God in all Israel and Judah during that time of Naaman. The King of Israel did not simply believe that Elisha could pray for leprosy as well that is why he tore his clothes in confusion.

DIVINE CONNECTIONS

God arranges for people to come into our lives for various reasons. They can be a channel to our blessings, but not everyone can recognise that, many times we miss our opportunities. God can use people very low in the society to carry out this mission. A common villager can be the one holding a vital information on how we can get our miracles or they are a link to our breakthroughs.

WHERE DO WE START FROM?

Is is God who arranges these meetings and who puts these connections in place because he knows our needs. Therefore the starting point should be getting to know him, build up a good relationship with him, in short first get connected to God and he will do the rest. After getting to know him and it will be easy to treat all people the same in the society and learn that everyone has a vital role to play. If Naaman had ignored the slave talking because she was not important to be held then he would have remained with his leprosy. Please read the whole story and meditate upon it, you will learn how God gave him a lesson of humbleness. He was told by the messager of the prophet to wash himself in the River Jordan. There was a character in Naaman which God was dealing with. I love this God!

GOD CHOOSES THE POOR WIDOW TO HOST ELIJAH

Why did God choose a widow who had nothing to accommodate and feed the man of God? someone may ask this question but may be he wanted to fill her basket not to empty it. Elijah came to warn king Ahab of his rebellion, Ahab did not worship the God of Israel who promoted him and his fathers. Elijah commanded the rain to stop for three years so there was drought in the land. Ahab was a king of Israel but not from the line of Solomon. His kingship came from the line of Jeroboam, this man Jeroboam was an employee of king Solomon. He was skilled and employed during the time when king Solomon was repairing the walls of the city of David(1 Kings 11v28) later on king Solomon angered God by worshipping idols who were brought to him by his many wives. God who is not in favour of any person torn his kingdom into pieces. He was left with one tribe because God was keeping a promise which he made with David. He gave ten tribes to Jeroboam, the servant. Jeroboam took everthing for granted and started again worshipping idols,everyone who took over after him rebelled against God. King Ahab made it even worse by marrying Jezebel who was persecuting prophets of God. Elijah was sent to speak to this king Ahab who had built alters for the foreign gods, after he had commanded the rain to stop, God sent Elijah to Kerith brook to be fed by ravens. When the brook had dried he was told to go to a widow woman who hosted him.

THIS POOR WIDOW HAD NOTHING APART FROM HER LAST MEAL

There were places where Elija could have gone to hide where there was a supply of food. There was a devoted man of God called Obadiah, an in charge of the king's palace. This man was hiding 100 prophets in caves and he was feeding them (1 Kings 18v3). The reason i see why God is choosing this woman is to bless her, he wanted to give her this opportunity to host Elijah who was carrying his mission. She got her miracle by feeding the man of God otherwise she was going to sarve to death The principles of God like giving works for everybody, the poor or the rich anyone who is willing to learn the requirements in the kingdom of God.

May be God has seen you and know your needs, he wants to end your sufferings, that is why he is calling you to give or volunteer to that charity, to minister to that person in need, etc etc Do not miss an opportunity, God does not want to drain your resources, he has plenty he is rich and he want to fill your basket. Obey and follow his principles, he wants to demonstrate his power through you, people will now say how come him or her, how did it happen? look around you, switch on your TVs, there are so many appeals and you should have something which people don't have and may be which can save their lives. I heard about giving £1 a month to help a child from dying of diseases get from drinking dirty water. May God bless you as you are meditating about his words, may he open your eyes so that you cannot miss any of his angels who may be sent to bless you. You will never be shocked when he will say; i was hungry, you gave me food, i was thisrty, you gave me water to drink, i was naked, you gave me clothes.

WHY WAS GOD PLEASED WITH SOLOMON'S REQUEST OF WISDOM

There are good reasons why Solomon asked for wisdom. These reasons pleased God as he said i will even add riches on top of your request. Solomon said to God; you have given me people to govern, they are great people and too many to count. I think by great he meant some of them are intelligent and even wiser than him. Solomon wanted wisdom to govern these people without making mistakes. He wanted to do things right by understanding the difference between right and wrong. This shows he was committed to his assignment, he liked it and wanted to do his duties with more care. He wanted to govern God's people with moral intelligence or with justice to all. This was demonstrated in his ruling of two prostutes of which one lost his baby and wanted to claim the other live baby as hers. He had emotional intelligence because he could feel what the true mother of the baby felt, he tested them to say i will kill the remainining baby and divide him between you too, the one who refused was said to be the true mother.

GOD PLEASED WITH HIS INTEREST AND WILLINGNESS

Solomon's request was a good first step in his preparations as a new king of Israel.This vacancy needed someone who was willing to offer something to the people of Israel, someone who was not full of self interests or just looking at what the job will offer him(benefits) We learn even in our world when offered a job interview, they say avoid asking too many questions about the benefits you will get from the job, ask much about the nature of the job, your duties, what the employer requires from you, etc God had found the right candidate for the job, Solomon. Please read God's answer to his request, 1 Kings 3V11; So God replied "because you have asked for wisdom to govern my people with justice and have not asked for a long life or wealth or death of your enemies, i will give you what you asked for, wisdom and understanding more than anyone else. V13; and i will also give you what you did not ask for, riches and fame, no other king in the world will be compared to you for the rest of your life" He got these blessings from God because his heart was good, he did not want to govern unwisely whereby oppressing his people and getting himself rich.In case we miss it he was also the great giver both to God in sacrifices and to the poor. If we show a heart of willingness to God, he is there to make us competent for the job, he has so many vacancies but the labourers are few and sometimes those workers available are there for personal gains, unpleasing to God the owner of the field. Maybe the one reading this today is the right canditate for God, that is why you had the appettite to read all this to the bottom line, why not ask God for wisdom, knowledge and understanding? if you are scared that people will question your capability.God gives a good training brethren and he can even put to nothing the wisdom of this world, i mean the wisdom of your enemies who tries to kill your destiny for selfish reasons.

DAVID COULD NOT AFFORD TO LOSE THE REATIONSHIP WITH GOD

I get amazed with the relationship between David and God.It seems they understood each other very well i should say. The way David responded to God's desciplining and corrections and even the way God kept favouring David. Saul was cut off from God when he offered a sacrifice to God taking the position of Samuel the prophet without authorisation, he thought he had the power just to do anything 1Samuel 3v9.He was then rejected by God together with his descendants, they could not take on his leadership. We hear he tried to plead with God but who knows it did not come from his heart because God can probe the heart or he was forgiven but God did not want his kingship to continue. David had some weaknesses too just like any other human being. He killed Uriah after committing adultery with his wife. God rebuked him through Nathan, the prophet. The woman Bathsheba became pregnant and got married to David. Their son became very ill, David fasted for seven days but the son died. David did not get angry with God, he knew he deserved the punishment, he went to the tabernacle and worshiped him. This act amazed the elders who thought he will put on sack cloth. The other amazing thing is that the second son of David with Bathsheba was Solomon who later became the wise king.

WHY IS DAVID BEING FAVOURED?

It could be because he repented from deep down his heart and also may be his habit of worshiping got him always closer to God. David knew where he was before becoming a king, he knew that the secret of his success was God. he could not afford to lose contact with him who took him from the bush. He had to repent and reconcile with God to get connected to him all the time. God hears the true repentance, infact that is what he is always waiting from us, just like the story of the PRODIGAL SON, the father was always waiting for the son to return. David was the worshiper, he worshiped God like he is not a king according to Michal his wife. She saw David through the window dancing, praising God in the middle of his servants. She says she was embrassed the way David was dancing. He told her he can do anything for God and his throne will still be there.By the way Michal became barren all her life because of her careless comments and dishonouring God. David was worshiping in the way that it touched God's heart. He did not care what people will say. The Lord loved David and promised him to be a father to him, correcting and desciplining him with a rod like any father will do. This father/son type of relationship is what we should really aim for. I always say if God is desciplining me it means he sees a posibility of me becoming a better person. He still regards me as his child, he has not disowned me, he is concerned about me. He is correcting me because he has not given up on me. Therefore i should keep on worshiping God no matter the situation. The other God news is that we have an advocate, Jesus, who intercedes for us above in heaven, he pleads for us to say i died for them, pardon them. This means brethren our prayers agrees with the intercessions offered by Jesus above. May be that is why we get answers to some things before even praying for them. This is amazing!

DAVID'S PROFILE

David had some skills apart from looking after the sheep but it took time for people to start recognising it. It could be because of his position in the family. Many cultures up to now determine the seniority by the age or older of birth. The Israelites believed that the first born was to take the highest position or has to be first in anything, that is why Jacob ended up having two wives(sisters). If you have been following my messages, i had mentioned cases where God had to change the tradition and do things differently, I mentioned about Ephraim and Manasseh when God blessed the younger son instead of the older one. In my most recent article i said God make rules and we cannot question him when he decides to change the way he wants to do things.

THE WAY PEOPLE LOOK AT US IS DIFFERENT FROM THE WAY GOD LOOK AT US

When Samuel was sent to anoint a new king of Israel to take over Saul, God told him the king will be one of Jesse's sons When Eliab came forward, he thought in his heart "surely this is the Lord's anointed" but God said 1Samuel 16 v 7 dont judge by his appearance or height for i have rejected him. The Lord doesn't see things the way you see them, people judge by the outward appearance but God looks into the heart. Samuel asked if there is still any son of Jesse to come forward for the Lord had rejected all whom he presented. watch out how Jesse is describing his son; 1Samuel 16v11 "There is still the youngest, but he is out in the fields watching the sheep and the goats. Firstly he is young cannot be the king of israel while the older sons are there,secondly he is in the field and probably dirty, it will take time for him to wash himself and appear here and finally look all he knows is looking after sheep, what can he do in the palace? but it ended up being him David whom God was looking for at this particular day. There is something which God had put in us which makes him look at us differently and its hard for people to see it, sometimes its God himself who blind them not to see it, to protect us. Imagine if David's brothers had known that one day he will be anointed as a king and rule over them, a shepherd like him and them being warriors, i wonder whether they would have taken it. We see God opening one of the Saul's servant eyes when the Saul was looking for a musician. 1Samuel 16v18-he says, one of Jesse's sons is a talented harp player,not only that he is a brave warrior, a man of war and has good judgement, he is also fine looking young man and God is with him. I wonder how he knew all these yet his close relatives did not describe him like that. May be this servant heard David had killed a lion and a bear with his bare hands, and the spirit of God is just encouraging him to talk like that to the king, confidently recommending David to this job, indeed after polishing his profile into an acceptable format, deleting the shepherd bit and saying he is a warrior, a man of war yet the battle he knew was the fight he had with wild animals. When the anointing of God is upon your life, your skills and talents will come to an open, people will talk about your achievements and recommend you, your skills will become unbeatable because when a position is open for you, noone will be able to do things the way you do. The requirements for that particular job will only be found with you at that particular time, just you! who is reading this message. We read further that David became the king's armour bearer. I believe God was preparing him for he was to become the next king of Israel.He was dwelling in the bush with animals now he needs to learn a royal life. If its God promoting you, he will prepare you himself whether its the language, the dressing, the food, the way you walk anything really required for your new life. You dont need to be born in a palace, rich family,Europe, Asia, Africa etc. God will pick you up from any rejected corner/backgound and make you up to any standard. Word of encouragement from Judith Alekadala(http//khobidia-figtree.blogsport.com)

Deborah

Let Deborah write her song, and open the floor. My fellow poets, singers. write with her the words. but let her start the first verse. we fear you can repeat the error. of writing songs about her jewels that which provoked God. Join her to worship God above he who sends Sisera to Jael. The hospitality woman joins warriors. she gives milk instead of water. Her left hand holds a tent peg, with the right a hammer Now Deborah will rule Israel, but the song we sing is about the greatness of him above not about her earrings. Alert the singing birds in the forest, to sing praises for God. then he can descent follow the aroma, to fill Deborah with wisdom to rule