2 Kings 12-13, 2 Kings 14: 1-22, Acts 25: 1-22, Psalm 103, 13-22
2 Kings 13: 18-19 (ESV)
“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. 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.”
Verses 18 through 19 from 2 Kings 13 teaches us a lesson in
how to act when God gives us a task to do. King Joash of Israel came to see the
prophet Elisha, who told him that the arrows of the bow represent his victory
over the Syrians. Joash seemed to not have faith or believe in the prophecy of Elisha,
and he only used three arrows. If Joash had shot more arrows, Israel would have
had more victories over the Syrians and ended the conflict with them. But Joash’s
lack of faith of Elisha’s prophecy guaranteed that the conflict with the
Syrians would continue.
The lesson here is that if God invites us to do something by
faith, we must fulfill the request with as much enthusiasm as we can knowing
that God will fulfill all of prayers. If we only half-heartedly fulfill God’s
request to us, then we will miss out on the full blessings of God.
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