God speaks today Tuesday | November 2, 2021
And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment.
(2 Kings 5:5)Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
(James 4:13) We cannot import the patterns of the secular world into the Christian world
Naaman, a man of authority, seeks healing from God but operates according to his patterns of power and authority. He goes to the king of Israel and believes that he can bribe and pay the prophet Elisha to do the miracle that he needs. But God wants to bring Naaman to a frontal encounter with the realities of His Kingdom where only the humble acquire what God needs. Sometimes God is waiting for us to humble ourselves before Him. We cannot import the patterns from the secular world to the Christian world. God seeks the heart and wants us to break before Him so that He can do what He wants to do in our lives. The lesson of this moment is to humble ourselves before God and let Him pass us through the sugar mill so that we can receive and contain the glory that God wants to give us.
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Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
(Proverbs 27:1)And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
(Luke 12:17)And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:
(Judges 14:12)Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
(James 5:1)Comments: