Title [Happy Today] Change the spiritual climate
Contents
2 Kings 2:19-22
Jericho is a picturesque retreat surrounded by palm trees and beautiful trees and is a bountiful land. However, at the time of Elisha the prophet, Jericho was a sad land where water and climate were not good, so crops and fruits did not ripen properly and animals and people aborted.
God called the prophet Elijah to heaven and raised up the prophet Elisha. When the Jericho people heard the news, they first went to Elisha the prophet with the problem of bad water.
At this time, the prophet Elisha went to the source of the water, sprinkled salt, and declared, “I have healed this water, and there will be no more death or the soil withered or lost.” Then the land of death became the land of life, and the cursed land was changed into a land of blessing. Jericho was transformed into a land of life and blessing because people feared God, trusted the prophets, and followed them with faith.
However, there is a city that did not receive God's great blessing and was rather cursed, and that is Bethel. Bethel is the land of blessing where Abraham entered Canaan, built an altar, and called on the name of God. It is also the place where Jacob, the ancestor of Israel, saw angels through the open gate of heaven, and it is the holy land where God promised blessings and vowed to build God's house.
However, the people there worshiped the golden calf idol, forsaking the God who had freed them from slavery in Egypt and led them to a blessed land flowing with milk and honey. Also, when Elisha heard that Elijah was wearing Elijah's robe and became a prophet in Israel, he mocked him for being bald and spoke distrustful words in front of his children, making them spiritually sick even to his children. In the end, they were invaded by the new empire of Assyria, and they were destroyed forever.
The only way to build a solid foundation in life and move on to prosperity is to change our spiritual climate. I hope you can change your spiritual climate through today's text. This work requires three visions.
First, we need to change our personal spiritual climate. Jesus commanded us to make disciples of all nations. The Lord sent the Holy Spirit to give power to the disciples. If we do not live the life of discipleship, there is no hope for the future. What God requires of us is the life of discipleship.
Second, we need to change the climate of the family. We need to change the family climate and build a family of glory like Abraham. God said that if you believe in the Lord Jesus, you and your family (family) will be saved. There is a future when we change the spiritual climate of our family through family worship.
Third, we must change the spiritual climate of the church. We must change into the early church filled with the Holy Spirit. We need to restore the power of evangelism through worship and small group fellowship and change the spiritual climate of the church.
To change the spiritual climate is to restore the power of life. If we change the spiritual climate of individuals, families, and churches, the spiritual climate of the country and nation will change, and the fire of revival will burn hotly in the Korean church.