The Water Flows!!!
The Water Flows!!! (Edited, adding verses from Ephesians)
How many of you attended Bible Studies on Friday night? It was awesome, wasn’t it?
I was so blessed by Pastor Lian’s message, and there was such a strong powerful presence of the Lord in the auditorium.
After altar call, when Pastor Lian called the musicians and singers on stage, she said to the congregation:” Let’s just continue to worship the Lord for a little while…”
And there was this peace that settles at the end of the worship, when Pastor sensed the Lord’s Presence, and asked the congregation to bring to the Lord’s remembrance those things that we desired.
I don’t know about you but where I was standing, eyes closed, I could feel it. People started breaking into tears in the congregation. It was such a tangible intimate moment with the Lord.
By the way, if you have not attended the Bible Studies, Pastor Lian shared on the story of 2 Kings 3 – the story of how Jehoram, the King of Israel, Jehoshaphat, King of Judah, and the king of
Now it happened that Jehoram was the son of Ahab, who had just passed away. So Mesha, the king of
Pastor Lian shared about the Hebrew meanings of Jehoram (which means “Jehovah is exalted”). Jehoshaphat (which means “Jehovah has judged”) and
Well, apparently, having a holy name does not mean you are holy because Jehoram, the King of Israel was an evil king, in the eyes of the Lord, like his father, King Ahab.
So what happened was that the three kings decided to come together to battle King Moab.
Therefore, “the king of
And the king of
“Alas! For the LORD has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of
But King Jehoshaphat decided to seek the advice of Elisha, who was travelling with them.
Now, to cut a long story short, Elisha called for a musician, and then when the musician played, the hand of the Lord was on Elisha, and he spoke the words given to him from the Lord.
He told them to dig ditches in the valley.
“You shall not see wind, nor shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, so that you, your cattle, and your animals may drink,” Elisha said. (2 Kings 3:15-17)
As it turned out, the ditches were not only filled with water, they would later save the three kings, and their armies from the hands of the Moabites, and instead enable them to defeat the Moabites.
So, that got me really interested and I decided to read the entire story again today.
And lo and behold, the Holy Spirit dropped a nugget of revelation again!
It was just so amazing!!! Hold your horses, let me get to it.
Continuing from where we left off about the digging of ditches, 2 Kings 3:20 says “Now it happened in the morning, when the grain offering was offered, that suddenly water came by way of Edom, and the land was filled with water.”
Now, are you getting it?
Pastor Lian shared about how the water speaks of the Holy Spirit, and notice that the “water came by way of
And she says,
But wait, there’s more.
Let’s read the verse again.
“Now it happened in the morning, when the grain offering was offered, that suddenly water came by way of
Can you see it?
I thought we were told by Elisha that they only had to dig the ditches. So why did they have to offer the grain offering?
Do you realise that the water did not come immediately after they dug the ditches, unlike the case of Moses striking the rock and then water gushing out from it.
Do you also notice that it was in the morning, when the grain offering was offered, that suddenly water came by way of
C’mon, some of you are getting it already!!!
And why the grain offering? Not the sin offering, not the peace offering, not the trespass offering, but the grain offering?
What is the significance?
Let’s turn to Leviticus, shall we?
Leviticus 2:1 says “WHEN anyone offers a grain offering to the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour. And he shall pour oil on it, and put frankincense on it.”
Stop. Who was anointed with the oil from the Heavenly Father to speak words of wisdom, and who was anointed with perfume just before His death?
Leviticus 2:2 continues to say:”… He shall bring it to Aaron's sons, the priests, one of whom shall take from it his handful of fine flour and oil with all the frankincense. And the priest shall burn it as a memorial on the altar, an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the LORD.”
Ephesians 5:2 says it like this:"And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma."
What does the flour speak of? And did you notice that it is an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the Lord?
Who exhuasted the fire from Heaven and the wrath of God, so that He took upon His body all the punishment from the sins of the world?
Let’s go on. Leviticus 2:4 says:”And if you bring as an offering a grain offering baked in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil.”
Leaven speaks of sin, and the Lord instructed the children of
Can you see the similarity between that and the unleavened bread?
In addition, what does ‘unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil’ speak of?
Shall we go further?
Leviticus
Do the verses Matthew
By now, I’m sure you already know what I’m trying to get at. All these descriptions in Leviticus on the grain offering points to our Lord Jesus Christ.
Jesus is the unleavened bread mixed with oil, burned by fire, and seasoned with salt.
And it is for this reason, that when the grain offering was offered, that SUDDENLY, water came by way of
In other words, the three kings witnessed the miracle of the water filling up the ditches so that they and their animals can quench their thirst, AFTER the offering up of Jesus Christ as the perfect sacrifice!
You know folks, when we need a miracle, we often think of praying. Some Christian denominations still preach that you have to pray very hard, you know, as if God sees that “wahhhhh..you pray so hard ah, wahhh, you good Christian ah….ok la, give you your promotion la…”
Wahhh, if that’s the way God works ah, I think there’s no way I’m going to get my Lamborghini man!
Don’t talk about Lamborghini, I think Chery QQ also got problem!
But has Christ been offered up as our grain offering?
Has Christ, who was sinless, died for all our sins, that today, we enjoy the blessings that He died to give us?
Yes, so we do not have to resort to trying to twist God’s arm. As if Daddy God would be persuaded to withhold His blessings from us – He would more than be willing to give us.
But, hey, everytime we partake of the Holy Communion, we are bringing to our remembrance that Christ has been offered up as our sacrifice.
Today, whenever we need a miracle in our situation, be it at work, at home, relationships, etc, all we have to do is to bring Christ’s sacrifice to our remembrance (because obviously, Daddy God does not forget, though we like to think He does.)
You know what, then the water flows! Suddenly!
“You shall not see wind, nor shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, so that you, your cattle, and your animals may drink,” Elisha said. (2 Kings 3:15-17)
You don’t see the signs coming, you think “oh, nothing has changed…life’s the same…whine whine whine…Alas! God….tian ah!!!”
But hey, remember, you don’t see the wind, you don’t see the rain…but SO WHAT?
SO WHAT? THE WATER FLOWS!!! YOUR MIRACLE FLOWS!!!
Because Christ is our grain offering, and He has been offered up!!! Amen?
Or you can also see it this way. When you need a word from the Lord, regarding choices, or decisions you have to make it in your life, well, go to the Lord.
See our Lord Jesus Christ offered up as our grain offering. And SUDDENLY, the water - which also is a picture of the Holy Spirit, which comes by way of Edom
Hallelujah! Whichever way you see it, there’s no work on your part.
All you have to do is, behold the sacrifice on the Cross, our Lord Jesus Christ!!!
AND THE WATER FLOWS!!! HALLELUJAH! PRAISE HIM!
Amen?
Okay...excuse me, think I might need the loo…
posted by weiwen @ 7:54 PM
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