Topic: God’s Methods
Text: II Kings 6:1-7

God can use anything to solve human problems. According to our text, God used a stick to bring an axe-head out from the bottom of a river to the surface. In the case of Samson, God used the jawbone of an ass to wipe out his enemies. In the case of David, He used a pebble to destroyed Goliath. What with Joshua, the successor to Moses? He used a shout of victory to pull down the wall of Jericho. In the case of the Centurion, in Matthew 8, He spoke one word.

In the case of Paul, in Acts 19:11-12, God decided to use an anointed handkerchief. The stick referred to in our text was effective only because it was in the hands of Elisha. If it had been in the hands of one of one of the prophets, or Gehazi, the miracle would not have happened. In other words, it was not the stick that was important but the hand that held it. It was from the hands that anointing flowed into the stick. Elisha was the only carrier at that time; so, when he handled the stick, the power of God went from him into the stick and the stick became a carrier of God’s anointing. The same thing goes for the word.

For instance, the same world said by a high court judge and a policeman in a court of law has different effects: the judge gives the judgment and the policeman carried out the judgment of the judge, not the way the policeman wants, but the way the judge has decreed it. He who utters the word determines the power of effect of the word. What we need today is anointed vessels. God can use anything as an instrument of bringing the miraculous into existence.

When the anointing of God comes into contact with ordinary things they become extra-ordinary things and situations around you will change. Once you secure God’s anointing, God can use any method to give you a miracle.

Memory Verse: Hebrews 11:1 - “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”