Let’s be honest with ourselves this Tuesday morning, okay? All of us are looking for a blessing of some sort. Yes, you know I’m right! It may be a physical blessing, a relationship blessing, a career blessing, an approval of something you applied for type of blessing, a transportation blessing, a safe travel blessing, a blessing for a loved one, for we are not selfish, right? Bless your heart!
We are looking for a church blessing, a church growth blessing, our individual spiritual growth blessing, a joy in the morning blessing, a new day blessing, and in the midst of things we cannot handle by ourselves, we are looking for blessings that will equip us with a testimony, “That was nothing but God!”
I did not name all the blessing we might be looking for, but I think it is safe to say that all of us are looking for a blessing of some sort! There…you have it!
So since you have the “there,” let me give you the “therefore.” Therefore, let me share something I learned from the passage below that you will read in its entirety. Here it is! “If you want a blessing, be a blessing!” Let me say that again, “If you want a blessing, be a blessing!” I promise you that for some reason or the other, in one way or another, if you will be a blessing, something will happen that will bless you, some change will occur that will make you bless you! You will not be lost for any words, and you will declare with the utmost sincerity, “That’s when He blessed me!”
Praise God this morning! Be a blessing! Be blessed!
“Now a day came when Elisha went over to Shunem, where there was a prominent woman, and she urged him to eat food. And so it was, as often as he passed by, that he turned in there to eat food. And she said to her husband, “Behold now, I am aware that this is a holy man of God passing by us repeatedly. Please, let’s make a little walled upper room, and let’s set up a bed for him there, and a table, a chair, and a lampstand; then it shall be, when he comes to us, that he can turn in there.” Now one day he came there and turned into the upper room and rested. Then he said to his servant Gehazi, “Call this Shunammite.” And when he had called her, she stood before him. And he said to him, “Say now to her, ‘Behold, you have taken trouble for us with all this care; what can I do for you? Would you like me to speak for you to the king or to the commander of the army?’” But she answered, “I live among my own people.” So, he said, “What then is to be done for her?” And Gehazi answered, “It is a fact that she has no son, and her husband is old.” He then said, “Call her.” When he had called her, she stood in the doorway. Then he said, “At this season next year, you are going to embrace a son.” And she said, “No, my lord, you man of God, do not lie to your servant.” Now the woman conceived and gave birth to a son at that season the next year, as Elisha had told her.” (2 Kings 4:8-17)
Committed to the climb,
Mark L. King
P.S. See the sequel to this meditation tomorrow!