{"id":2755,"date":"2018-01-30T23:52:43","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T04:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"httpsssss:\/\/godswordalive.com\/blog\/?p=2755"},"modified":"2020-04-14T17:16:09","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T21:16:09","slug":"you-have-to-expect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godswordalive.com\/blog\/?p=2755","title":{"rendered":"You Have To Expect"},"content":{"rendered":"

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2 Kings chapter 4<\/em> is about a woman whose children were going to be taken and put in bondage because of the debt her husband had left her at his death.\u00a0 So, this woman went to the man of God.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>2 Kings 4:1-7 (KJV) <\/em><\/strong>Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. 2 <\/sup>And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil. 3 <\/sup>Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. 4 <\/sup>And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full. 5 <\/sup>So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out. 6 <\/sup>And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed. 7 <\/sup>Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest. <\/em><\/p>\n

There was a woman who married into a family and she didn\u2019t realize this family was so bad off financially.\u00a0 After she had married into this family she gathered them all together and announced that the place they call home was a disgrace.\u00a0 She reminded them that they were all able-bodied people and there was no reason for them to be living like this.\u00a0 She told the family that poverty was like a creeping paralyzes.\u00a0 Matter of fact, she called poverty a disease.\u00a0 She vowed to make sure that the children would become prosperity conscious, so they would expect life\u2019s best and become wealthy.<\/p>\n

Now I like the word expect because that\u2019s what faith is.\u00a0 Faith is the substance of things hoped for and evidence of things not seen.\u00a0 That word hoped for is earnestly expecting, you really expect this.\u00a0 Matter of fact, it is expecting like you expect with an outstretched neck, like when you are looking for the train to come or looking for someone.<\/p>\n

I think what gave this woman her deliverance in 2 Kings<\/em> was she expected something from this man of God.\u00a0 She expected something.<\/p>\n

When you are prosperity conscious you can see opportunities.\u00a0 When you are not prosperity conscious, many times the opportunities that are before you look like obstacles.<\/p>\n

This woman expected to get something from this man of God.\u00a0 She asked for wisdom.\u00a0 Then she had to expect when she went and filled that one jar, the oil would keep flowing.\u00a0 She had to expect miracles; because miracles just don\u2019t happen.\u00a0 Miracles happen by expectation and she is expecting.<\/p>\n

Woman who are pregnant, they are expecting.\u00a0 It\u2019s the same thing, you know a child is coming forth.\u00a0 You know the bus is coming.\u00a0 You know your prosperity is on its way.<\/p>\n

So, God has made it so that we must expect a miracle.<\/p>\n

Expect a miracle was the theme of Oral Robert\u2019s ministry.\u00a0 Oral Roberts shared when he was a pastor he was trying to raise money for something in the small church. \u00a0One Sunday night he was raising money and he wanted to show his sincerity and belief in God and the things he was saying and, so he put his weekly salary check in the offering plate.\u00a0 When he got home his wife Evelyn said, \u201cOral, did you get paid today?\u201d\u00a0 He said, \u201cWell, yes.\u201d\u00a0 She said, \u201cWell where is it?\u201d\u00a0 He hated to say it, but he said, \u201cWell I put it in that offering.\u201d\u00a0 She said, \u201cYou didn\u2019t put that check!\u00a0 These kids need some clothes.\u00a0 You did not put that check!\u201d \u00a0He said, \u201cAt two o\u2019clock in the morning a knock came at the door.\u00a0 A businessman came.\u00a0 His business was going through a downturn and God told him, \u201cGo dig up $400.\u201d\u00a0 He had some money planted in his backyard.\u00a0 \u201cDig up $400 and give it to Brother Roberts.\u201d\u00a0 He said to Brother Roberts, \u201cGod told me to give this to you.\u00a0 It\u2019s $400.\u201d\u00a0 He said, \u201cThis is not money.\u00a0 This is seed.\u201d\u00a0 So, he gave Brother Roberts that $400.\u00a0 So, Brother Roberts went back in the house and turned on the light, woke Evelyn up and waved those four one hundred-dollar bills in her face.\u00a0 His salary was only $75.\u00a0 Before the night was over Brother Roberts got his harvest for what he needed and more from the seed he had sown earlier because he expected his giving to produce a harvest.<\/p>\n

I am telling you to expect.<\/p>\n

This man of God in 2 Kings could not move without he gave the widow the answer how to pay her debt.\u00a0 I believe her husband, a prophet, had sown much of his life for the work of the Lord and now it was time for his widow to get the harvest of his sowing and God gave her a harvest of the wisdom of the prophet of God that got her out of debt and provision thereafter.\u00a0 She expected to receive the answer from the man of God and she got the answer and got out of debt.\u00a0 She expected.<\/p>\n

Expectation produces miracles, whether it be money, wisdom how to get provision, favor from other people, answers how to do something we struggle with, however God wants to release the miracle, but it is going to be good.<\/p>\n

Miracles come to those who expect, and expectation will come as you meditate the Word of God on the promise that covers your situation day and night.<\/p>\n

Tell others you are expecting a miracle.\u00a0 Tell the Lord you are expecting a miracle.\u00a0 Speak to your unpaid bills and tell them you are expecting a miracle.\u00a0 Speak to debt and tell debt you are expecting a miracle.\u00a0 Speak to your body and tell it that you are expecting a miracle.\u00a0 Speak to the devil that is harassing your mind and tell it that you are expecting a miracle.<\/p>\n

EXPECT YOUR MIRACLE AND YOU WILL HAVE YOUR MIRACLE!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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