WHY ARE WE SITTING HERE UNTIL WE DIE?

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WHY ARE WE SITTING HERE UNTIL WE DIE?

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• Pastor Tutu Sofowora

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WHY ARE WE SITTING HERE UNTIL WE DIE?

• 2 Kings 73-7
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• Now there were four leprous men at the entrance
  of the gate and they said to one another, Why
  are we sitting here until we die? If we say, We
  will enter the city, the famine is in the city,
  and we shall die there. And if we sit here, we
  die also. Now therefore, come, let us surrender
  to the army of the Syrians. If they keep us
  alive, we shall live and if they kill us, we
  shall only die. And they rose at twilight to go
  to the camp of the Syrians and when they had
  come to the outskirts of the Syrian camp, to
  their surprise no one was there. For the Lord had
  caused the army of the Syrians to hear the noise
  of chariots and the noise of horsesthe noise of
  a great army so they said to one another, Look,
  the king of Israel has hired against us the kings
  of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians to
  attack us! Therefore they arose and fled at
  twilight, and left the camp intacttheir tents,
  their horses, and their donkeysand they fled for
  their lives. (II Kings 73-7 NKJV)

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WHY ARE WE SITTING HERE UNTIL WE DIE?

• 1. At this time in this story, Israel was
  besieged by Syria. As a result, there was serious
  famine in Israel.
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• 2. So severe that people began to kill their
  children and eat them in order to survive. It was
  a terrible and a hopeless time. But we are never
  without a hope because we have a God. We are a
  covenanted people.
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• 3. So just like God, a word came to the nation
  that abundance is coming.

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• 2 Kings 71 - Then Elisha said, Hear the word of
  the Lord. Thus says the Lord Tomorrow about
  this time a seah of fine flour shall be sold for
  a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel,
  at the gate of Samaria. (II Kings 71 NKJV)
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• 4. I am sure you can understand why the king's
  right hand man doubted it. From abject poverty to
  abundance within 24hours. It's impossible.
• 5. But the bible is full of 24hour miracles.
  Joseph woke up in prison and by the night of that
  day, he was sleeping in the palace. I pray for
  you this morning, God will give you a 24hour
  miracle. Blind Bartimeus woke up a blind man and
  slept as a man who can see. Man by the beautiful
  woke up lame but by the end of that day, he went
  to bed tired after dancing, and leaping and
  praising the Lord.
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• 6. So against the backdrop of this prophesy, we
  now came to the four lepers siting at the gate of
  the city.
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• 7.  This prophesy over the nation has to be
  fulfilled.
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• 8. The prophecy must come to pass. The word had
  been released and there must be a fulfillment
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• Isaiah 5511 - So shall My word be that goes
  forth from My mouth It shall not return to Me
  void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And
  it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent
  it. (Isaiah 5511 NKJV)
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• 9. Isaiah 4426 - Who confirms the word of His
  servant, and performs the counsel of His
  messengers (Isaiah 4426 NKJV)
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• 10. Because the word has been released, God has
  gone ahead to make a way for the fulfillment of
  that prophecy
• 11. In my little understanding of God, I have
  come to know that He is not a magician. He is an
  orchestrator. He is an arranger. He is a puppet
  master. He uses situation and people to bring
  about the fulfillment of His will.

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• Ephesians 111 - In Him also we have obtained an
  inheritance, being predestined according to the
  purpose of Him who works all things according to
  the counsel of His will
• 12. Rejoice over every event of your life for God
  will use them for His glory and bring His purpose
  to pass in you.
• 13. God does not work in isolation, He moves
  through people. So God has gone ahead
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• 14. So the four lepers found themselves siting at
  the gate of the city. Unbeknown to the them, they
  were at the verge of destiny.
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• 15. But they sensed restlessness in their spirit
  they became uncomfortable with

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• 2 Kings 73-4 - Now there were four leprous men
  at the entrance of the gate and they said to one
  another, Why are we sitting here until we die?
  If we say, We will enter the city, the famine
  is in the city, and we shall die there. And if we
  sit here, we die also. Now therefore, come, let
  us surrender to the army of the Syrians. If they
  keep us alive, we shall live and if they kill
  us, we shall only die. (II Kings 73, 4 NKJV)
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• 16. As a child of God, there is a knowing in us
  to sense when our season is about to change. A
  sense of this is it. A sense of this is my time.
  The word is pregnant and has to give birth.
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• 17. In this moment, you must make a decision and
  follow it with decisive action because they are
  at the verge of breakthrough

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• 18. So they began to weigh their options. If they
  entered the city, they will die, if they remain
  where they were, they will die but if they go to
  the camp of the Syrians, they can either live or
  die. They decided to take a calculated risk.
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• 19.  They were afraid of going to the camp of the
  Syrian even though they knew that there was bread
  there.
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• 20.  Sometimes we know that if we make that move
  to step out, the prospect of a bigger opportunity
  is there but because of the fear of the unknown,
  we sit down
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• 21. They decided to go to the camp of the Syrian.
  To try and failed is better than not to try at
  all. Many are living in regret. I wish I had done
  this or that. I wish I had taken my chances when
  I had it.
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• 22. But the lepers took courage. Courage is not
  the absence of fear. It is taking action even in
  the face of your fear

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• 23. When they got to the Syrian camp, alas they
  were gone. God had caused them to hear the noise
  of a great army and they have fled.
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• 24. What they were afraid of was actually afraid
  of them.
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• 25. Fear is like a mirage. It is the trick that
  the devil plays on our mind. We often found out
  that what we are afraid of does not even exist
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• 26. So because of their courage, a whole nation
  was delivered. Someone's deliverance is tied to
  your obedience and courage
• 27. If you are the verge of decision, you sense
  restlessness, don't ignore it. Take it to God in
  prayers and He would direct you.

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