We have Been Sent
2 Kings 4:42-44
Feeding of a Hundred
42 A man came from Baal Shalishah, bringing the man
of God twenty loaves of barley bread baked from the first ripe grain, along
with some heads of new grain. “Give it to the people to eat,” Elisha said. 43 “How can I set this before a hundred men?” his
servant asked. But Elisha answered, “Give it to the people to eat.
For this is what the Lord says: ‘They will eat and have some left over.’” 44
Then he set it before them, and they ate and had some left over, according to
the word of the Lord.
Many of us are familiar with Jesus’ two miracles of the feeding
of the multitudes (5000 and 4000 men) but many of us are not aware that Elisha
the prophet also performed this miracle in the Old Testament in the past.
Jesus said that we will perform miracles like He did and
greater miracles in the future.
Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do
the works
I have been doing, and they will do even greater
things than these,
because I am going to the Father. (John
14:12)
Here is an example of the great healing miracles of Peter:
As a result, people brought the sick into the streets
and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Peter's shadow might fall on
some of them as he passed by. Crowds gathered also from the towns around
Jerusalem, bringing their sick and those tormented by impure spirits,
and all of
them were healed. (Acts 5:16)
In the
same way Jesus commissioned His disciples, (Matthew 28:16),
He has
commissioned us also.
“All authority in heaven and on earth has been given
to me.
19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them
in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit,
20 and teaching them to obey everything I have
commanded you.
And surely I am with you always, to the very end of
the age.”
Jesus commanded us in Luke 10 to:
“9 Heal the sick, and tell them, ‘The Kingdom of God
is near you now.’”
How can we start to do this? Ask someone in need to allow you to pray for them. Pray with them. Thank God for their healing in Jesus' Name. Focus on the mighty healing
power of God and not on the illness. Expect only good results and make sure to tell everyone what God's love and Jesus' suffering has done for all of us.
We have Been Sent