Do You Have One?

Do You Have One?

"...and he stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm.  Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.  And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite.  So he called her.  And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son." 

(II Kings 4:34-36)  The Prophet, Elisha, brought the son, of the Shunammite woman, back to life, after he had died of a heat stroke.  The question for the world is:  "Do You Have One?"

It was an incredible story.  The Shunammite woman asked the Prophet Elisha to come and eat with her and her husband; it so happened that as often as Elisha passed by her way, that he returned to eat with them.  The Shunammite woman said one day to her husband, "I perceive that this is a holy man of God, which passeth by us continually, let us make a little chamber in the wall, with a bed, a table, a stool, and a candlestick ..."  So they did, and whenever Elisha came by that way, he stayed in the little room.  One day, Elisha asked his servant, Gehazi, "What shall be done for her?"  Gehazi answered that she had no child and that her husband was old.  Elisha then prophesied to the woman that she would have a child; she did and he grew.  This brings us to the day he died, and she called for the Prophet to come.  At first, Gehazi was sent with Elisha's staff, and he laid the staff on the child, but nothing happened.  

There are times in life when we cry out to the man of God, "I don't want your servant; I don't want your staff; I want YOU!"  When you have big needs, a threatening disease, a problem that calls for a praying anointed holy man of God, you'll move heaven and earth just to get to him!  DO YOU HAVE ONE?  One what?  A holy, anointed Pastor, Preacher, Prophet to whom you can go to lay hands on you, your family, your trouble  ...  One to whom you can go and you "know" he will touch God for you.  When you've prayed yourself, fasted and cried out, but you have not received your answer, you go to the man of God, whose business it is to receive answers for his sheep, lay hands on them, and bring the victory!

Elisha and the Shunammite woman

Look at the unshakable faith of the Shunammite woman.  She was saddled up, heading for the Prophet, knowing her son lay dead upon the Prophet's bed at home in his little chamber; but, when the servant ran to her and asked what the Prophet told him to ask her, "Is it well with thee?  Is it well with thy husband?  Is it well with the child?"  She answered, "IT IS WELL!"  This is one of the most profound statements in the Bible, "It Is Well."  She had "vision and faith;" she knew the holy man of God would make it all right. 

I've felt that many times on my way to my Pastor's office to get under those anointed hands for prayer, and I thought, "It Is Well," while I was going.  And it was!  I have been healed many times, delivered many times, my spirit lifted many times, because of the anointed hands of the Prophet laid on my head in prayer lines, in services, in a hospital room  ...  and "It WAS Well!"  It will be well for you  ...  that is,   ...  if You have one  ...

Elisha and Shunammite woman

No matter how many "cell" groups go forth; no matter how many ministers are appointed as workers for the Lord Jesus Christ, we always need a Pastor over us.  We are living in the final days before the Lord "catches away His Bride," and we are being sent forth to gather the sheaves, but we still must have a Pastor, and in some unique cases, a Prophet, and a Church.  God set it up this way and that will not change.  You say, "Why is this important?"   Authority, Order, Wisdom, God's Plan, and for our own soul's salvation, to name a few.  Moses appointed many, but he was still the final authority, because God established it.  Without a Shepherd, we are wandering sheep.  

The world is looking for a leader, and many Nations are currently floundering in this regard.  But, it's also the impetus guiding the last days to prepare for the antichrist.  Many will be deceived in this last hour, as prophecy predicts; those who will be deceived will have itching ears.  "For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine.  Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear." (2 Timothy 4:3)   This is why we all need a powerful, anointed, holy, consecrated, proven, Man of God to lead us.  We need one who will say, "Thus saith the Lord," whether we like it or not! 

                         

                                            DO YOU HAVE ONE?

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PromiseLand Church, Austin, Texas, Pastor Kenneth Phillips)