18/01/2024
Greetings Church
So upon reading the story of the Shunammite woman ( 2 Kings 4:8-36), we get to see the importance of seed planting. The woman had offered a room to God. She offered Prophet Elisha a room. She was planting into God’s kingdom. When you plant into God’s kingdom, you will surely reap a harvest.
So the place of prayer is within her home. The dwelling place of the Lord is within her home. Wow wow. So this meant that anyone and everyone in her city who got prayed for, got blessed and touched by God was partly because she had made provision for the work of God to run smoothly.
The Upper Room was in her home. Hallelujah !!!
The Upper Room is a place of revival and restoration. After the Shunammite woman’s son dies, he is not rushed to the mortuary as that is the norm but instead his dead body is taken to the upper room, laid out on the bed and the door is shut. In 2 Kings 4:36, the same boy resurrects. That is the power of the upper room. Every situation has no choice but to surrender to the power within the Upper room. The seed of the Shunammite woman started speaking for her, and her son came back to life.
The Upper Room provides security and protection, that is why the kingdom of darkness that has been tormenting your life would suddenly be blindfolded. They would use all manner of things to look for you but won’t find you. The bible adds that even us would look for our tormentors but not find them. The book of Isaiah 41: 12-13 says “Though you search for your enemies, you will not find them. Those who wage war against you will be as nothing at all. For I am the Lord your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you.” Hallelujah hallelujah
Child of God, the upper room is a place of power. This is where you exchange your weakness for power and strength. The things of the world can be overwhelming at times, the burdens of life can be heavy making us spiritually weak, but the upper room addresses all that for us. God gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint (Isaiah 40: 29-31).
The Upper Room is where you get fortified for spiritual warfare. Paul says for though we walk in the flesh,we do not war after the flesh (2 Corinthian 10:3). The upper room therefore provides the tools needed so that when we go into spiritual battle, we become a holy terror for the kingdom of darkness.
Prophet Elisha in 2 Kings 4, enters the upper room and prays to the Almighty God first, before he goes into battle with the spirit of death (the dead boy). The upper room enabled him to conquer because as we see in verse 35, the boy sneezed and opened his eyes.
The upper room is crucial for us believers and everything to us.
Stay blessed