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No matter how bad the problem
is you may be facing today, no matter how far under the circumstances
you may be, in 24 hours you can be back on top!
"Oh, Brother Copeland, that would be impossible!"
That's
what the Samaritans thought in 2 Kings 7. Their land was being ravaged
by famine. Enemy troops had surrounded them and cut off all source of
supply. Mothers were eating their own children just to survive.
But
right in the middle of that, the Lord told the prophet Elisha that in
24 hours the whole situation would change. Flour and barley would sell
for just a few pennies and there would be abundance for all.
What did God use to turn that situation around?
Four
lepers! Four lepers who, instead of sitting around feeling sorry for
themselves and waiting to die, decided to arise and take their chances
in the enemy camp. When they got there, they found it abandoned. All the
warriors had been frightened away by the angels of God, and they'd left
enough food behind to feed all of Samaria!
Sometimes you and I
are like the officials in that story. We get problem centered instead of
Word-of-God centered. We let ourselves be so surrounded with the loud
voice of the world that the vision of our victory is pushed out of
sight.
When that happens, faith and power begin to subside and life caves in on us from every side.
If
that's happened to you, stop crying about it. Stop looking at your
problem and feeling sorry for yourself. That won't change anything!
Just like He did for Elisha, God's given you a word. He's promised you victory. He's promised to make you an overcomer.
So
don't just sit there till you die. Don't accept defeat. Rise up in
faith. Stand up on God's Word and fight for your life. Get mad at Satan.
Cast him out. Get mad at that sickness. Get angry with poverty and
start giving.
Rise up and receive the deliverance of the Lord!
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