COME, LET US MAKE ROOM... I WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN...
By Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com
Psalm 103:2 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits:
Psalm 116:12 What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?
ANSWER THIS QUESTION: WHAT IS MINISTRY?
I have a simple answer? ---
Ministry is seeing a need. Touching the Throne of God. Then doing something about the
need?
I NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN...
WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE, USUALLY MORE IS SAID THAN DONE?
THE PREACHER WAS A TRAVELING CIRCUIT PREACHER. HIS SERVANT, GEHAZI AND
HE WOULD TRAVEL. GEHAZI KNEW THEY WOULD BE:
"ON THE ROAD AGAIN FOR SEVERAL DAYS. "
GEHAZI WOULD PREPARED ALL HE COULD FOR THE THEIR TRIP.
The food would be cold and get old.
There were no credit cards and bonus points and rewards for traveling.
They would take their baths in the river. They would wash up their clothes.
They would sleep under the stars.
Some nights would get they would get cold and damp.
There were no motels or hotels or bed and breakfasts clubs.
THERE WAS A LADY THAT PRAYED AND LOVED TO HEAR THE OLD PREACHER PREACH
AND TEACH. THIS LADY FELT SOMETHING DIFFERENT WHEN ELISHA WOULD SPEAK.
ONE DAY THIS PROMIMENT WOMAN MUST HAVE NOTICED THE PREACHER SEEMED
TIRED AND WEARY. Maybe Elisha had not slept well that night.
Maybe the lady heard someone talking and over heard them talking about Elisha's sleeping bag?
MAYBE THE LADY PRAYED AND GOD EXPOSED THE OLD PREACHER WAS SLEEPING
ON THE GROUND?
Maybe the lady's heart just sense GOD'S MAN HAD A NEED?
WHAT'S YOUR NAME WOMAN? WE DO NOT KNOW HER NAME...
THE LESSON IS NOT ABOUT TROPHIES... THE LESSON IS ABOUT SEE NEEDS...
WE KNOW HER AS THE SHUNAMMITE WOMAN...
Let us read:
2 Kings 4:8-10 (KJV) And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great
woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he
turned in thither to eat bread. 9 And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this
is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually. 10 Let us make a little chamber, I pray
thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick:
and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
2 Kings 4:8 One day Elisha went to Shuhem. A prominent woman of the city invite him in to eat,
and afterwards, whenever he passed by that way, he stopped in for dinner. 9. She said to her
husband, "I'm sure this holy man who stops in from time to time is a holy prophet. 10 Let us make
A LITTLE ROOM for him; we can put a bed, a table, a chair and a lamp, and he will have a place
to stay whenever he comes by."
THE LADY WAS SENSITIVE... SHE SAW A NEED ---
MAYBE THE LADY PRAYED AFTER THINKING ABOUT THE OLD PREACHER ON THE
COLD, DAMP GROUND... AND THE HOLY SPIRIT DIRECTED HER...
YOU CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS...
1. The older preacher was visiting pretty often... WE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN...
2. While we do not know her name, we call her THE SHUNAMMITE WOMAN...
3. It was obvious some how the lady knew there was something different about ELISHA...
HE WAS A HOLY MAN... HE KNEW GOD AND GOD KNEW HIM...
4. She fixed the Old Preacher a meal. Elisha and Gehazi gobbled the nice warm meal down.
must have loved to cooking... Maybe she just loved watching the man of God come by?
5. WE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN...
One day the old preacher had left full of food, and AS SHE WASHED THE DISHES SHE
WHEN AND TALKED TO HER HUSBAND...
Honey, we have saved up some money, LET US INVEST IN THIS MINISTRY ---
LET US MAKE ROOM FOR THE PREACHER... We can remodel and add a room with a
separate entry door and INVITE THE PREACHER AND HIS SERVANT TO STAY HERE
WITH US... I can't stand to think of us in this warm house and the Preacher on the ground?
6. Let us make a little room for God and his man. WE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN...
Let's do more than just build a room let us furnish it... He will need a bed? A table? A chair?
He will need a lamp to see at night.
7. THIS LITTLE FAMILY WOULD NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN...
THIS WOULD SHOW THE PREACHER WE LOVE AND APPRECIATE HIM...
This means us GIVING MORE? This would mean more cooking? This would mean more
cleaning and washing the sheets? This would mean more cleaning?
8. THE SHUNAMMITE WOMAN WE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN...
In LOVE SHE MINISTERED TO THE MINISTER...
ANYONE CAN START A MINISTRY --- ONLY LOVE WILL FINISH THE CALL...
TO SEE THE NEED WORKS TWO WAYS: WE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME...
GOD IS A REWARDER TO THE HELP OTHERS...
NO ACT OF KINDNESS NO MATTER HOW SMALL IS EVER FORGOTTEN...
Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must
believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
SHE MADE ROOM...
ELISHA WAS LAYING IN A NICE SOFT BED AND HE REMEMBERED THE SHUNAMMITE
WOMAN'S GIFT OF LOVE...
GEHAZI, SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THIS SHUNAMMITE WOMAN...
2 Kings 4:11 And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.
12 And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood
before him. 13 And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all
this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the
host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.
14 And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and
her husband is old. 15 And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.
ELISHA KNOWS GOD IS GOOD --- WHILE WE DO NOT KNOW HER NAME ---
GOD KNOWS... BECAUSE YOU MADE ROOM --- WE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME!
Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must
believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
THERE IS A GOD THAT KEEPS GOOD RECORDS... OF THOSE THAT MAKE ROOM...
THE LADY DID NOT KNOW SERVING GOD HAD BENEFITS
2 Kings 4:16 And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son.
And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.
Just imagine how quiet that house had always been?
All of a sudden --- WE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME...
WE HEAR THE PITTER PATTER OF LITTLE FEET RUNNING IN THE HOUSE...
ASK THE SHUNAMMITE WOMAN? ABOUT MAKING ROOM?
SHE STARTED A NON-PROFIT MINIISTRY, IT COST HER DEARLY...
HER REWARD IS A SON...
SO YOU MADE ROOM? NOW LOOK THE ROOM BECOMES A FUNERAL PARLOR?
HARVEST TIME IS THE GREATEST NEED TIME FOR WORKERS...
THE BOY WAS HELPING HIS FATHER AND HE HAD A LILLER HEAD ACHE...?
THANK GOD FOR THE ROOM...
2 Kings 4:18 And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the
reapers. 19 And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to
his mother. 20 And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees
till noon, and then died. 21 And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut
the door upon him, and went out.
TO MAKE ROOM--- TO FOREVER CHANGE MY LIFE...
I REALIZE FAITH'S JOURNEY --- THE CORACLE --- THE BOAT OF FAITH...
WHY GO TO THE PREACHER?
IT THE MIDST OF THE STORM, THE SHUNAMMITE WOMAN DECLARED BY FAITH,
IT SHALL BE WELL...
2 Kings 4:22 And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young
men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.
23 And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath.
And she said, It shall be well. 24 Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go
forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.
BECAUSE WE MADE ROOM --- WE SHALL NEVER BE THE SAME...
FAITH CHANGES THE DECLARATION IN THE PRESENCE OF THE MAN OF GOD...
WE MADE THE THE ROOM --- WE CHANGED--- THE MIRACLE DECLARES NOT IT SHALL
BE WELL TO IT IS WELL...
2 KINGS 4: 25 So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass,
when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that
Shunammite: 26 Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it
well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well.
LISTEN TO THE SHUNAMMITE WOMAN'S TESTIMONY IT IS WELL ===
WE MADE ROOM AND OUR LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME...
HOW SAD IS THE STORY OF THOSE THAT REFUSE TO MAKE ROOM...
GOD GIVE HIS SON --- THEY COULD NOT GIVE JESUS A ROOM...
NO ROOM...
Luke 2:7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and
laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
CONCLUSION:
Rahab made room with her scarlet cord...
Daniel made a prayer room...
Noah made room in the ark...
The boy made room --- 5 loaves and 3 fishes...
THE SAD STORY IS TODAY OUR SOCIETY STILL MAKES NO ROOM...
Sing this Henson song with me:
***I'll never be the same again... I'll never be the same again...
***If I walk where Jesus walked, I never be the same again...
***I'll never be the same again... I'll never be the same again...
***If I walk where Jesus walked, I never be the same again...
His servant, Wade Martin Hughes, Sr. Kyfingers@aol.com
