HE Hid It From Me

Sunday's Sermon Recap

Focusing on trusting God even when prayers are not immediately answered or when we don't understand His timing. Associate Pastor emphasizes that worship is a lifestyle, not just an emotion. The main message revolves around 2 Kings chapter 4, specifically the story of the Shunammite woman and the prophet Elisha.

God's Revelation: Elisha notes that the Lord had hidden the woman's deep distress from him. This teaches that God doesn't always reveal everything to his servants, sometimes to test our own faith and action.

Unwavering Faith: Despite her son passing away, the woman demonstrated incredible faith by laying him on the prophet's bed, anticipating a resurrection rather than a burial.

The importance of speaking directly to God or the source of help, rather than holding things in or complaining to others.

Closing the Door: Elisha had to close the door to distractions and noise to perform the miracle of resurrecting the child, encouraging believers to close out distractions to focus on God's instructions.

Conclusion: A call to increase faith, citing Hebrews 11 and the story of Abraham, encouraging believers to trust that God can move mountains. God hid the Shunammite's distress from Elisha to test the faith and actions of the people involved. God does not always reveal everything to prophets, and this situation was designed to see if the woman would come directly to God for an answer through her own actions rather than relying solely on someone else.

Additionally, prophets possess no special power on their own and are dependent on God's revelation, and in this instance, it was not time for that specific information to be revealed to Elisha.