WHEN THE MEASURE IS FULL AND IS READY TO BE POURED FOR YOU
God is sending me to some of us. He's saying, "continue to do the good you've been doing - the good you have learnt to do. When the measure is full and the time has fully come, it shall answer and be measured back unto you."
The Bible has this to say:
"11 One day Elisha returned to Shunem, and he went up to this upper room to rest. 12 He said to his servant Gehazi, "Tell the woman from Shunem I want to speak to her." When she appeared 13 Elisha said to Gehazi, "Tell her, We appreciate the kind concern you have shown us. What can we do for you? Can we put in a good word for you to the king or to the commander of the army?"
A day like this hasten to answer some of you. "Payday", it is called! A day when you'll reap what you have sown. Only that what you'll reap will be better stocks than what you've been tirelessly sowing. A Bible portion affirms that.
"Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again."
Let's progress. We just read about Elisha and what he did on a day that no one could have ascertained was reckoning day.
He told Gehazi, his aide and minister to call the Shunem woman. At appearance, Elisha expresses untainted and unfeigned gratitude to this woman. He confesses, "you've been careful for us with many cares...Therefore, would you have us do anything for you also?"
For short, this woman got an open cheque! Elisha even gave her suggestions probably she was short of ideas. "Would you have us speak to the king or the commander of the army for your sake?"
Why will Elisha speak like this? It's because he indeed has been touched by all that this woman did for him. Her deeds in his life are uncountable. So, Elisha having the hearing of those authorities suggested if he could help with anything. Indeed, he could sincerely make demands on them for anyone and it'll be granted.
However, this woman has all things that pertain to those suggestions of Elisha. If it were mere physical things that a man can give or grant - goods or position, she has it all?
So, listen to her response.
"No, my family takes good care of me" (v.13, NLT).
That marked the end of the discussion. She had to be released since she seemed to be like the Laish people who lack nothing (Judges 18:7).
However, Elisha wouldn't budge. I guess he's being nudged to inquire further. So, he asked Gehazi, "What can we do for her?"
In essence, Elisha was saying, "this woman has done so much not to be attended to. No o! Something must be done for her. Gehazi, what do you suggest?"
At this time, the long awaited confession is forced out of Gehazi's mouth. He might have reigned it in so he doesn't appear as a gossip but now that it is the master who has asked, he has no excuse not talking.
Gehazi exclaims, "she doesn't have a son and her husband is an old man" (II Kings 4:14).
Imagine those hindering combos! It reminds me of another problem that certain women once contemplated over.
"And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?"
You see, that's their contemplation, brooding and worry. But the shocking thing is what follows.
"And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great."
Did you read that? When they eventually got to the entrance of the cave, they found the stone already taken care of. That's just the exact thing God does for this woman. Gehazi has done very thorough findings and he has supplied all the needed observations. But, there's nothing too hard for the Lord to do. Is it low sperm count, lack of egg or whatever? Oooh, you don't even have a womb! What is it that you need divine help for that only divine ability can supply? When God comes, He'll not only consume the sacrifice, He'll lick the water and consume the stones also.
"Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench."
All those impediments shall be gloried over. None shall be spared! He'll walk over all of them in absolute victory - like David rejoiced over Goliath.
"Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine..."
So, how long is the list of knotty issues you need God to unknot? How weighty are they? A combo like this woman's or hydra-headed? It makes no difference, God will 'walk' and mill everything without disturbance. After such a great victory over them all, He'll put them in their places heap by heap, making a public show of what He conquered for you.
"And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men."
I said, "God is threshing those issues now!" That big stone is being rolled off! It shall stand no longer in your path.
Please, follow me still.
Having heard that she indeed has a need - one that outweighs his initial suggested help to her, Elisha hurries and asks Gehazi to call her back.
She was standing in the doorway that day when Elisha made his decree that became the Lord's decree.
"Next year at this time you will be holding a son in your arms!"
Though the woman protested, she might have thought Elisha would turn out to be some false prophets who had prophesied to her for money, yet "The woman soon became pregnant. And at that time the following year, she has a son, just as Elisha had said" (II Kings 4:16-17).
Brethren, your own measure too has reached, measuring to the brim. It's even beginning to overflow and at this time must be poured or better still given to you. What heaven owes you will be released to you at this time. It is today, not tomorrow.
This woman indeed has been careful with all cares for Elisha. As often as Elisha passes that road, he stops by to eat in her house until an abode was built and furnished for the man of God in the bid to retain him, make him spend time longer and break the stress of his journey.
We must learn to retain blessers with us. Laban knows that of Jacob (Gen.30:27). And Jacob himself once said to an angel disguised as a man, "I will not let you go unless you bless me" (Gen. 32:26). Have eyes for blessers - those carrying a portion that can run contagiously to you. They are key to your journey. They'll mostly give you what will put you ahead, something money cannot buy at times or codes of conduct manifested as a successful lifestyle that many aspire to have but which is vague and unattainable for them. They'll make you reach your destination faster than others because they'll slice delays and what unnecessarily engages the time of others off you. You'll be free of entanglements and the errors of many youths, which if there's no recovery from and a new focus, they might be forever vexed and sunk.
The Bible didn't tell us how long Elisha passed by that way and was ministered to by this woman nor did we have specifics on how long he stayed in that upper room before he asked to summon her.
We could only suspect that it might not have been long - probably shortly after the packing into that furnished upper room.
This last act of generosity that seems uncommon could have been the trigger that prompted Elisha into saying, "Hmmm, enough is enough. Reckoning has come and so it is! I must address this issue today." You know, there's always a straw that'll break the camel's back (lol).
Brethren, you too, don't be weary in good doing. It's like a thrift contribution that's rotational amongst people. If you don't grow weary of giving for others, your day of collection and picking up will surely come.
All the things you have laid down shall once again be picked up. The bread you have cast on the water shall be found and your joy shall be great.
I said, your joy shall be great.
For Cornelius, (though an unbeliever); when his day came - his measure having been full, an angel says to him.
"And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God."
Mark, "thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God."
That is not a day's prayer or alms. What came before God was rather his accumulated prayers and alms giving. That day, the payday of Cornelius came and it was shocking what the Lord instructed him to do that he might gain his payment.
"5 And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter
6 He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do."
Mark, "...he shall tell thee what you ought to do."
It means a minister has the Word of life on what people ought to do. May you not have the pulpit and begin to say nonsense on it. May God have confidence to recommend men to you behind your back. May you be trustworthy enough that when you have the floor, you won't begin to teach sinners how to make money but rather to see their wretchedness without Christ and the urgency for salvation first of all. Only few ministers could God trust this way.
That copied out verse also reminds me of another verse that says, "and how shall they hear without a preacher" (Rom. 10:14).
God places special premiums on ministers/preachers, of which you are since all of us received the command to, "go ye into the world" (Mark 16:15).
God's answer to Cornelius starts to come in a recommended preacher that God trusts with the Word of life. It's this Word that Peter speaks that gets Cornelius and the many people who waited with him born again. As a matter of fact, the Spirit was poured on them (Acts 10:44).
God's Spirit is also running a scan now. He's hovering over what looks like waters to see what to pick up and specifically administer as a reward for your consistent actions.
For the Shunemite woman, her barrenness becomes broken. For Cornelius, he becomes born again, receiving the Holy Ghost as a seal.
What one thing do you need above others at this hour? God is fixing it for you. God is going about it right now. It's been put in place.
The Bible has spoken well to us when it says:
"And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not."
"If we faint not..." is the key. God knows people can get tired of good doings. For that, He encourages us not to faint. Those who faint don't get compensated at all. They're the multitude who gets filled with bitterness, decry why they were not the blessed, envy the blessed and seek to open holes in their reputation. They'll say,"that thing doesn't work." They're the multitude who'll say, "Christianity is a scam." They might be of us before but now they have gone out from us!
Brethren, stay there! Don't be weary of any "good doing." The God yesterday who distributed to people who persisted and kept at it is still the same today. He won't jump you over. A day of reckoning is on the way. For you, it might just be by the corner. When David talks of his cup being full, that immediately hints at a blessing to immediately harvest and collect. What is full must be poured or offloaded! (Psalm 23).
Once this act, this repeated act has filled the cup, you can't but drink of its return proceeds. How its return proceeds will manifest may differ from one person to the other but your reward will not tarry forever.
"For in due season, we shall reap if we faint not..."
Don't be depressed at the due season of a friend that has come beside you. Your due season is specially of God made for you. It'll come. Follow after faith, hope and well doing.
"Good measure" that will again be adorned shall be given back to you. Your room, barn, space or custody shall be occupied.
You'll receive better than the inputs. God's scale promises better and richer than anyone's. But for the Corneliuses, you need to know Jesus died for your sins, rising on the third day in victory having conquered death. This way, He purchases eternal life for any who will believe in Him (John 3:16). If you believe, let it manifest in this confession. "Lord, Jesus, thanks for your death and the forgiveness of my sins. I believe in all your sacrificial works as valid for my salvation. I receive the gift of eternal life and I live - both now by the Spirit guidance and eternally in the afterlife."
That's the gift God first gives to the Corneliuses. Cornelius is naturally a good man. He prays and even gives alms. He eschews evil. He's morally upright if you'll say but he's not born again. God sees a need to immediately address and so God's angel's word to him is, "send to Joppa for a man called Peter."
Through Peter, he hears the gospel and has his greatest need met. What is the essence of building churches/mosques, doing philanthropy, sponsoring orphans' education and meeting needs of widows yet without having been born again. Any man's good works doesn't qualify him for heaven - eternal life. It's what Christ did which he or she accepts. Accept him now Corneliuses! Don't reject this ministration. It's God coming through to you through another Peter. This is God's greatest blessing to you. Have it! Don't drop the ball!
Nigeria.
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12/10/25
