A clamor at the level of red hot

I want to begin with a series of meditations that enter us into the ministry of the prophet Elisha, and we see his powerful interventions that are intended by the Word of God to strengthen our faith in a God of power, a God of mercy, a God who intervenes to favor of His children when they cry out to Him.

The first passage that I have in mind is the well-known passage of Elisha meeting a widow who asks him for help after her husband has died. This woman approaches the prophet Elisha and the Bible says that this daughter of the prophets cried out to Elisha, saying: "Your servant, my husband, has died, and you know that your servant was fearing Jehovah. And the creditor has come to take two of my children for servants. "

This woman approaches the prophet Elisha with a very urgent situation. She has just been widowed and her husband, who was a man of God, has not left her any financial resources, and creditors are at the door to take away her two children.

I like this word that Scripture uses, that this woman "cried out" to Elisha. This passage reminds us that when we are in difficult situations, instead of looking for situations at random or looking for situations in our own resources, what we have to do is go directly to the Lord, in this case represented by the prophet Elisha and cry out to Him, and present our needs to him.

In passing, the apostle Paul says: "Do not be anxious about anything, but let your requests be known in every prayer and I ask with thanksgiving." Scripture over and over again calls us to go to the Presence of the Lord, and instead of being worried and anxious, and full of fear, go directly to our Heavenly Father, who in fact invites us as the Scripture also tells us to let us confidently approach the Throne of Grace to receive timely help.

The instinctive reflex of the believer when he is in difficult situations should first be to go to Heavenly Father and put the process he is living before the Lord, and ask Him to sanctify that process, and get involved in providing a solution.

After we have presented our needs to the Lord and have bathed our urgency in prayer then we can undertake the effort to find solutions, believing that our prayer will have blessed and activated the Power of God in our favor, and that what we do then to resolving our situation will have the wind of God's blessing, approval, and endorsement behind us and effectively carry us to a safe harbor.

I also like the idea that this cry, that word "cried" has the implication of a passionate, urgent, militant request, with a character of force and insistence. I imagine that this woman did not come before Eliseo all shy and ambiguous, and not very precise in presenting her request because she knew she did not have that much time; probably an audience with the great prophet of God was very difficult to get. She knew she had little time to present her situation and to win his heart, and she had to be strong, she had to be clear, she had to be determined, she had to be passionate, she had to make clear to the prophet the urgency of her need and that is why the word "cried out" is so important.

Because we have to come before God with a determined heart, with our requests clearly granted, in every possible way we have to present clearly what we need God to do for us, not because God does not know what we need but because He is pleased to do so. Those who approach Him confidently, firmly and present their requests to Him in great detail, or specifically letting Him know exactly what they need. God likes passionate requests.

I think of King Hezekiah's request when he was diagnosed that he was going to die and the prophet told Hezekiah: not only are you going to die but you are not going to live, in other words there is no appeal possible and the intention is clear: prepare your matters because you're going to die shortly.

And the Bible says that King Hezekiah who was in his bed on his deathbed, when the prophet came out says that he turned towards the wall and wept bitterly before God, and appealed to the Lord reminding him that he had been a faithful servant of God. And the Word says that, I believe it was the prophet Elisha himself in passing, he was already going through the courtyard of the palace when God told him: Go back and tell King Hezekiah that I am going to add, I think it was 15 years of life, to his lifetime? and gave him a strong signal that this was what He was going to do. Recall the idea that the sunlight receded as a sign of God's total intention to honor the bitter request of this king who had been a servant of God that God extend his life.

What made the difference I believe was that bitter cry from Hezekiah and we also when we find ourselves in difficult situations in our life, let us go before the Lord and pour out our soul before God because God honors heartfelt requests, passionate requests, petitions. intense of the heart, for some reason that touches the heart of the Father and unleashes His powerful intervention.

So if you have a need in your life, take your cry to that level of red-hot and shoot it towards the Throne of Grace, and you must receive the opportune help that God promises you. May God bless you, we will continue our meditation in our next session.