{"id":2976,"date":"2019-05-01T20:00:17","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T03:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/?p=2976"},"modified":"2019-04-28T21:39:53","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T04:39:53","slug":"2kings_4_18-44","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/2kings_4_18-44\/","title":{"rendered":"When You Encounter a Setback"},"content":{"rendered":"

2 Kings 4:18-44\u00a0Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today’s passage is 2 Kings 4:18-44. Let’s go!<\/p>\n

On verses 18-37:\u00a0 In these verses we see God using Elisha to effect three incredible miracles: the raising up of a dead boy (v18-37), the de-contamination of a contaminated pot of stew (v38-40), and the feeding of 100 men with 20 loaves of bread (v42-44).\u00a0 \u00a0In each case we see the same sequence of events:<\/p>\n

– First, someone moves in faith to help and bless others. (e.g. Elisha speaks in faith that the rich barren woman would have a child and she does (v16-17); Elisha offers to feed his fellow prophets in the midst of a famine; and a man tithes his first 20 loaves of bread by giving it to Elisha.)<\/p>\n

– A major challenge or problem arises. (e.g. The boy dies; the stew becomes poisonous; Elisha wants to feed the 20 loaves to the people but his servant fears it won’t be enough).<\/p>\n

– Through faith that challenge is overcome and an even greater story is told as a result (e.g. the boy is raised back to life; the pot is de-contaminated; and the bread not only satisfies the 100 men but there are leftovers, foreshadowing the even greater feeding miracles Jesus would accomplish).<\/p>\n

Since every miracle is a parable (a lesson on who God is and how God works), from these miracles I learn the following:<\/p>\n

1. God is in the business of raising the dead, healing the sick, and feeding the hungry.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 What seem like impossible and painful situations for us are opportunities for God to show His power and glory.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0When you step out in faith, you will occasionally meet a major setback (such a loss, a disappointment, a defeat).\u00a0 Treat that setback as an opportunity for you to learn and for God to tell an even greater story than the one you originally had in mind.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Heavenly Father, thank You that every miracle is a parable and that every setback is an opportunity for me to learn and for You to tell an even greater story than the one I originally had in mind.\u00a0 In Jesus’ name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today’s passage is 2 Kings 4:18-44. Let’s go!<\/p>\n

On verses 18-37:\u00a0 In these verses we see God using Elisha to effect three incredible miracles: the raising up of a dead boy (v18-37), the de-contamination of a contaminated pot of stew (v38-40), and the feeding of 100 men with 20 loaves of bread (v42-44).\u00a0 \u00a0In each case we see the same sequence of events:\u00a0<\/p>\n

– First, someone moves in faith to help and bless others. (e.g. Elisha speaks in faith that the rich barren woman would have a child and she does (v16-17); Elisha offers to feed his fellow prophets in the midst of a famine; and a man tithes his first 20 loaves of bread by giving it to Elisha.)<\/p>\n

– A major challenge or problem arises. (e.g. The boy dies; the stew becomes poisonous; Elisha wants to feed the 20 loaves to the people but his servant fears it won’t be enough).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

– Through faith that challenge is overcome and an even greater story is told as a result (e.g. the boy is raised back to life; the pot is de-contaminated; and the bread not only satisfies the 100 men but there are leftovers, foreshadowing the even greater feeding miracles Jesus would accomplish).\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2977,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2976"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2978,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2976\/revisions\/2978"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}