DEVOTION ~ THE CHILD
Theme: The Child Text: 2 Kings 4:17-20 17 But the woman conceived, and bore a son when the appointed time had come, of which Elisha had told her. 18 And the child grew. Now it happened one day that he went out to his father, to the reapers. 19 And he said to his father, “My head, my head!” So he said to a servant, “Carry him to his mother.” 20 When he had taken him and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died. In yesterday's devotion we looked at the prophet's reward where Elisha prophesied to the Shunammite woman she will have a son about a year time. At the appointed time she did conceive and bore a son. The Lord's Word comes to pass in our lives at His appointed time and not at our own willful time. The child grew but not in good health. What is it that God has blessed you with but you're unable to nurture it into greatness? The Shunammite woman's child could be your marriage, career, business, ministry, education, leadership roles...