OT DAY 549 - Do Not Know You Are in A Blessing When You Are in A Blessing (Please click here for English podcast)

Silence

1.   Put on your “brakes” and stop for a moment of silence

2.   Wait for God. Breathe deep for God's peace and feel His presence. Exhale your worries.

Praise and Thanksgiving

1.   Think through your day, all the times that made you smile

2.   Thank God for all those moments, and for all those people

3.   Open your heart to praise the Lord

       This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him
          and saved him out of all his troubles.

         The angel of the Lord encamps

           around those who fear him, and delivers them.

          Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good!
            Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!

        

                                     Psalm 34:6-8

Confession and Repentance (Subjective Shifting Devotion Method http://bishopsilas.blogspot.ca/2009/08/count-down-5-subject-shifting-devotion.html)

1.  Pray for the Holy Spirit to work in you:

     “Dear Holy Spirit, shine your light into the places of darkness in my life. Show me my sins, everything that blocks me from encountering God. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.”

2.  Through the Holy Spirit, examine yourself for a short silence and then pray:

     "Dear Lord Jesus, thank you for dying on the cross for our sins and being victorious over death and sin. I confess my sin to you(pause, to tell Jesus what the Holy Spirit has shown you). Forgive my sins by your blood and help me follow you. Holy Spirit, fill me that I may be able to receive your gift to love God and His people. In Jesus Name I pray, Amen."

The Word (2 Kings 13:14-21)

English(ESV): https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=列+王+紀+下+13&version=ESV

14 Now when Elisha had fallen sick with the illness of which he was to die, Joash king of Israel went down to him and wept before him, crying, “My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” 15 And Elisha said to him, “Take a bow and arrows.” So he took a bow and arrows. 16 Then he said to the king of Israel, “Draw the bow,” and he drew it. And Elisha laid his hands on the king's hands.17 And he said, “Open the window eastward,” and he opened it. Then Elisha said, “Shoot,” and he shot. And he said, “The Lord's arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Syria! For you shall fight the Syrians in Aphek until you have made an end of them.” 18 And he said, “Take the arrows,” and he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, “Strike the ground with them.” And he struck three times and stopped. 19 Then the man of God was angry with him and said, “You should have struck five or six times; then you would have struck down Syria until you had made an end of it, but now you will strike down Syria only three times.”

20 So Elisha died, and they buried him. Now bands of Moabites used to invade the land in the spring of the year. 21 And as a man was being buried, behold, a marauding band was seen and the man was thrown into the grave of Elisha, and as soon as the man touched the bones of Elisha, he revived and stood on his feet.

                                                 2 Kings 13:14-21

Let's have a time to be still and give the Holy Spirit space to speak through the passage we have just read. Offer this time up to Jesus as you listen to him, while listening to "Gabriel's Oboe"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmax47l2hLU

    My Listening

            This King Joash is the same King we talked about in my last post, but this passage is not talking about that King but the prophet Elisha. Moreover, it is talking about the power of Elisha even when he was dying.

           How blessed is King Joash to have Elisha and by how he described Elisha as "my father", he should have a special relationship with Elisha. And, from my last post you should know that there is nothing good about King Joash and nothing good to mention in the Bible. 

           What a waste to have a powerful prophet by his side and yet King Joash did not know how to follow Elisha's guidance but just to get what he wanted to get in the time he wanted. In Chinese we call that "Do not know you are in a blessing when you are in a blessing"!

            Hope you know that you are in the Lord's blessing each day and enjoy that blessing!

    

    Dear Lord Jesus,
    Help us to know that we are in your blessing each day when we are close to you and that we enjoy that blessing.  In Jesus name we pray. Amen.

Reflect on these questions:

    1. Do you think you are one of those people who cannot enjoy God's blessing when you are in His blessing?

2. How can you enjoy more blessing each day?

    3. What have you got from Jesus today?

10,000 Reasons

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