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It Is Well

Devotional for Sunday, 2nd of June 2019

Text: And he said, “Why are you going to him today? It is neither the new moon nor the Sabbath.” And she said, “It is well!” – 2Kings 4:23

Many times we are confronted with difficulties that devastate our being and we feel all is gone and there is nothing to hold on to again. At such times, we are enveloped with the feeling of hopelessness. Surely, it is not well.

When the Shunammite woman was faced with the death of her only son and she decided to take him to Prophet Elisha, her consciousness was firmly that of ‘it is well’. She never gave up on the child or believed that nothing could be done to bring him back to life; she was resolute that ‘it is well.

Not only did she tell her husband that ‘it is well’, but she also repeated the same thing to the Prophet’s Assistant, Gehazi. Ultimately, the boy was brought back to life by the Prophet.

What is it that you are going through? Have you resigned to fate and feel that there is no hope at all? The great step in getting things back in the right way is to believe that ‘it is well’. Have that certainty and you will see your miracle come to life.

Shalom!

BECOMING HAPPY EVERY DAY

The Creator in His infinite wisdom has put into each day the goodness that each one of us needs for that day. He has in His heart the desire to make us enjoy unbounded pleasure all the days of our lives and He gives this to us on a daily basis.

For each day, there are goodies that He releases for us to make us happy all through the day. We all seek to be happy but yet we do not get that happiness because we fail to break into the goodness of the day. The reason we fail to get the goodness is because the goodness is hidden in a shell which masks the goodness that has been released for us by the Creator for that day.

The shell could be illness, difficulties, suffering, disappointment, frustrations, failures, etc. The shell could be anything negative which pushes us away from the goodness of that day. This is likened to a cell which has the negative electron enveloping the positive proton.

For example if someone is ill, the person’s thought will not allow him to enjoy the good things that the Creator will bring to him for that day because he will focus on the negative things the illness has brought to him. He will not be able to achieve all that could make him happy for that day. Another example is, when someone want to get something from a place and he meets an irritable person on the way who makes him angry. The anger will make him miss the goodness of that day.

So as people looking for happiness, we should be able to confront all negative challenges that might come our way in a positive manner. We must see through the difficulty, face it with open arms and bring forth positive reactions. Those positive reactions must be actions of kindness and love. By doing that, we will break into the goodness of that day and receive the happiness the Creator intended for us.

We must not return anger with anger, frustration with frustration, but must be able to return all the frustration, anger or illness with a heart full of kindness and love.

Shalom!