DIVINE INTERVENTION

2Kings 4:30 Then the mother of the child said, “As the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So he arose and followed her.

It amazes me that humans actually think they can fix themselves. If we believe what the Bible says; man is dead in his trespasses and his sins. Dead people have no chance of fixing anything. If that is the case, recovery from our dilemmas in life are dependent on intervention, divine intervention. Whether your issue is substance abuse, moral issues, financial problems (fill in the blanks); the source of our problem is internal. It is called the depravity of man. We are all born with an eternally fatal flaw, without divine intervention we are stuck in an endless treadmill of ineffective self help programs, never to find freedom or satisfaction in life. Elisha performed a miracle on a a helpless dead boy. He raised him from the dead. Obviously the boy couldn’t help himself and no other person could help him. It took divine intervention through God’s anointing upon the prophet Elisha. I have come to the conclusion that I am the little boy. Hopefully you will see yourself as this little boy. That is the place miracles begin. The ESV Study Bible has some interesting observations on this passage. Check it out.

“I will not leave you. The woman is not willing to accept Elisha’s plan to resurrect the boy from a distance by means of his staff; she wants his personal attention, which in the end does in fact prove crucial. Only his own prayer and mysterious actions succeed in bringing the boy back to life. Elisha’s actions vividly picture God restoring breath to the child (putting his mouth on his mouth), as well as sight (his eyes) and strength (his hands). As Elisha stretched himself upon him, it portrayed the Spirit of God who, through Elisha, was being imparted to the child to give him life. The giving of life, like the instance with Elijah, prefigures the resurrection of Christ and the life he gives to us through union with him.”

When Peter described the outpouring of the Spirit on the Gentiles gathered in Cornelius’s house he used an interesting concept. He said that the Holy Spirit fell on them just as He fell on the disciples at Pentecost. His phrase “fell on them” makes the ministry of the Spirit very clear. His word (Epipipto) means to fall upon and embrace. It’s the word used for the Father embracing his prodigal son. The Holy Spirit falls on us like Elisha fell on this dead boy. Face to face, mouth to mouth, The Lord is breathing His RESURRECTION life into us. We were dead and helpless, when Christ falls on us we come alive. This is divine intervention. This is our only solution. This is the place our life begins. Today is a good day to start. Go ahead, lay on the floor, turn on some worship music, the rest is up to Him.