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“By This Time Tomorrow”

Text: 2 Kings 7:1-2

 

2 Kings 7:1 & 2 Then Elisha said, "Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, Tomorrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.”  Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, “Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be?” And he said, “Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.”

 

Key Verse: 1 “Then Elisha said, "Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, Tomorrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.”

 

We are predictable and there is nothing wrong with that.  But we have to be careful that we don’t become predictable with God. God is Sovereign and can do anything He wants and can change your situations overnight.

 

Joshua 3:5  And Joshua said to the people, “Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow Jehovah will do wonders among you.”

 

Joshua 11:6 And the LORD said unto Joshua, “Be not afraid because of them: for tomorrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel:”

 

2 Kings 7:2  But the royal attendant on whom the king depended responded to the man of God: "Look here! Even if the LORD were to open a window in the sky, how could this happen?" He replied, "No, you look! You'll see it with your eyes, but you won't eat any of it!"

 

1st We Must Maintain a Positive Attitude in the Time of Trouble

 

2 Kings 6:24 & 25 And it happened after this Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered all his army and went up and lay siege to Samaria. And there was a great famine in Samaria. And, behold, they besieged it until an ass's head was sold for eighty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five silver pieces.

 

 2 Kings 6:31 & 32 And he said (the king), “May God do so, and more also, to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day.”  Meanwhile, Elisha was sitting in his house, along with the elders, when the king sent a man to kill him, but before the messenger arrived, Elisha told the elders, "Are you watching how this descendant of murderers has ordered my head be cut off? Look, when the messenger arrives, shut the door and hold it to shut them out!  Don't you hear the sound of his master's feet right behind him?"

 

In the mist of the storm the King was trying to put God in a box, but the man of God remains calm!

 

In the time of trouble – We must have a positive attitude.

 

If our attitude is good, everything will look good.

 

2nd Elisha Was Focused on the Word of God.

 

2 Kings 7:1 Then Elisha said, “Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, Tomorrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.”

 

You cannot maintain a positive attitude if your focus is on your problems.  But he focused on the Word of the Lord!

 

Matthew 4:4 But He answered and said, “It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God."

 

Jeremiah 20:9 …But His word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones,

 

Hebrews 4:12  For the Word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing apart of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

 

Example: Paul on his voyage to Rome. Acts 27

 

Jeremiah 20:9 …But His word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones,

 

But it was the Word of the Lord that brought hope.

 

Acts 27:22 - 25 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer, for there will be no casting away of life among you, only of the ship. For tonight an angel of God stood beside me, whose I am and whom I serve, saying, Fear not, Paul! You must stand before Caesar. And behold! God has given you all those who sail with you. Therefore, men, be of good cheer, for I believe God, that it will be so, according to the way it was told me.

 

Jeremiah 32:27…  “is there anything too hard for me.”

 

1 Peter 1:24… “by whose stripes you were healed.”

 

Genesis 22:14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-Jireh: The Lord who provides.

 

Look at Abraham:

 

Romans 4:20 & 21 He did not stagger at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully persuaded that what God had promised, He was also able to perform.

 

3rd Stand Still until Tomorrow.

 

2 Kings 7:1 So Elisha responded, "Listen to this message from the LORD! 'This is what the LORD says: "At about this time tomorrow…”

 

Joshua 3:8 And you shall command the priests that carry the ark of the covenant, saying, When you have come to the brink of the water of Jordan, you shall stand still in Jordan.

 

2 Chronicles 20:17  You won't be fighting in this battle. Take your stand, but stand still, and watch the LORD's salvation on your behalf, Judah and Jerusalem! Never fear and never be discouraged. Go out to face them tomorrow, since the LORD is with you.'"

 

God is saying: Get out of My way! Get out of the kitchen!

 

2 Kings 7:16 & 17 And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.  And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him. 

 

God is saying: Get out of My way! Get out of the kitchen!

 

2 Kings 7:18 - 20  And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, “Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be tomorrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:”  And that lord answered the man of God, and said, “Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be?” And he said, “Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.” And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died.