Sat.’s Devo - God’s Word is True

Read: 2 Kings 13:1-14:29, Acts 18:23-19:12, Ps. 146:1-10, Pr. 18:2-3 When Elijah died, Elisha had asked for a double portion of his anointing. Elisha did twice the miracles Elijah did but needed to raise one more person from the dead. What he didn’t accomplish in life he did in death when the dead man’s body was placed in his grave and sprung back to life. The Word of God will never return void but will accomplish what it is set out to do. The eleventh chapter of Hebrews is the book of all the people that had faith. In the thirteenth verse it says that they all died, not having received the promises, but seeing them afar off. They believed them and embraced the promises, but they weren’t for their lifetime. I wonder if some of our promises we have received are something we are to contend with for the next generation. We can see it, but we won’t see it manifest. We are to pray it in. Then we will be part of the crowd of witnesses that get to watch it from a heavenly viewpoint. In Acts, we see that there are clearly two baptisms. The first one is John’s baptism of repentance. The next one is the baptism in the Holy Spirit. The first one seals our salvation the second one sends us out with power. Tongues and prophecy were manifestations of the baptism in the Holy Spirit. It is evidence that you have entered a new kingdom with a new language and you now have access to the realm of the unseen. Lord, You are our God who sets prisoners free, gives sight to the blind and lifts up those who are bowed down.