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********** ADVERTISEMENT *********** Mylon & Christi Le Fevre are now on bvovn® BELIEVER’S VOICE OF VICTORY NETWORK REAL. LIFE. FAITH.® watch on: dish® CHANNEL 265 apple tv® 4th Generation Roku® bvovn.com YouTube® amazon fire TV facebook Apple® iOS Android ************************************************** * * * * article from p. 21 continues * * * * Now I know something about not failing. I’ve been strongly criticized, lived through airplane crashes, and had my life threatened. The devil doesn’t like me, and that’s OK, because I can’t stand him either. I’d like to give him “an offer he can’t refuse,” if you know what I mean. But I have a destiny and a destination, and whatever God says I can do—no matter what the world says—I’m going to do it, even if it seems impossible. You may say, “I want to follow God like that, but I don’t have anything left.” Well, I have good news for you: That’s the best place to be. Hints of the Miraculous In 2 Kings 4, there’s an account of when the prophet Elisha met a widow who was at the end of her rope. She was deep in debt and about to lose her family: "Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house?...." (verses 1-2). What was Elisha looking for? Seed power. What is an oak tree but an acorn that held its ground? Everything in your life deals with seed power, and to face the impossible, you need a seed. Verse 2 goes on to say, “And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.” This woman didn’t think she had much. I’m sure she was thinking, Well, if I had something in the house, I wouldn’t be talking to you. I could take care of this situation. But that’s not why he asked the question. He wanted her to use her faith. If you’re not using your faith for the impossible, you’re not using faith at all. If you can do it yourself, you don’t need God. Read verse 3: “Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.” Now, here’s a hint that something miraculous is about to happen: Elisha didn’t tell her to ask her neighbors for something to put into the vessels. He told her to ask her neighbors for empty vessels. Why? Because if there’s something in them then failure can happen. But if there’s nothing in them, if they are empty, then failure is not an option. Become an Empty Vessel When God called me to preach, I thought He had failed. “Listen, God,” I said. “You’ve missed Yourself. I won’t tell anyone, but I am not Your man.” But God wasn’t looking for someone who had everything figured out. He wanted an empty vessel. Ever since I’ve been in ministry, I’ve had to deal with becoming an empty vessel, especially when God wants me to believe Him for something that seems impossible. The last time that happened, my homiletical, hermeneutical, philosophical, theological mind said, “You know, Jesus, I’m preaching to 2.9 billion people all over the world, and I know many of them can give some—” The Lord interrupted me: 'You don’t need money.' I replied, “Uh…down here we do.” Now, there’s nothing wrong with raising money. I’ve raised money for Christian television and churches many times. But the Lord asked me, 'You want to come up to where I am?' “But—” He said, 'If you’ll use the currency of heaven, I’ll get the currency of earth to you.' “I just missed You, didn’t I?” I asked. 'By a hundred miles.' But you know, He didn’t turn me loose. He reminded me: 'Jesse, I never fail, and I never will. Go get Me an empty vessel.' How do you do that? You empty yourself by hearing the Word of God until you no longer have an opinion on the matter. You and God should be thinking and speaking the same thing. That means you have to quit having that barely-getting-by mentality. 22 : BVOV

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