THE ELISHA DILEMMA: PASTOR TOBI ATTE, DAY 4 RCCG 68th ANNUAL CONVENTION 2020

RCCG 68th ANNUAL CONVENTION 2020

THEME: WONDERFUL

MINISTERING: PASTOR TOBI ATTE (PASTOR IN CHARGE OF RCCG IGNITE CHURCH, NEWYORK, USA.)

DAY 4 AFTERNOON SESSION TOPIC (YOUTH HOUR): THE ELISHA DILEMMA.

DATE: 6TH AUGUST, 2020.

BIBLE TEXT: 2 KING 13:14(a)

Hello, everyone – God bless you – Amen.

Good to be with you today at the 68th Annual Convention of The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG).

Today we are going to be talking about what is Titled: THE ELISHA DILEMMA.

Let us Pray!

OPENING PRAYER

Father God, we thank You for today.

Thank You so much for everything that You are doing in this Season.

Thank You because everything is still working out for our Good.

Thank You because You have a Purpose for everything.

Thank You for this opportunity to learn at Your Feet.

God we Pray Oh God that today and Lord even for the rest of the Year and beyond that Your Power, Your Grace, Your Wisdom, Your Knowledge, Your Favour – Will be our Portion, will Guide our Ways, Lord, in the Name of Jesus.

Thank You God.

We Sanctify these Words in the Blood of Jesus.

We just ask Oh God that You just speak clearly, speak directly Oh God.

In Jesus Name we Pray – Amen.

MESSAGE

Once again, Super Pumped really excited to be with you today.

Today we are talking about: “The Elisha Dilemma”.

My name is Pastor Toby Atte and I Pastor RCCG Ignite Church in New York City.

This is talking specifically about when your Faith feels ten (10) steps behind your Reality.

The Elisha dilemma when your Faith feels ten (10) steps behind your Reality.

Now, we are talking about the man Elisha – This Guy, this Prophet, when it comes to being a living, breathing, Man of God, it doesn’t get any better than Elisha.

… Elisha was so Powerful.

  1. This is the guy who I mean; he had a “Double Portion” of the guy who “Called down ‘Raw Fire’ from Heaven”.

Okay – This guy was no joke.

  1. Elisha made oil not to run out of the woman’s jar.
  2. Elisha raised a boy from the dead.
  3. Elisha defiles the Rules of Gravity and made an axe to float.

This guy was no joke. I love this guy.

If there was ever a Man of God to look up to in terms of God, talk about Anointing I want that – He is the Man!

This guy is no joke.

THE ELISHA DILEMMA.

Then I came across a Piece of Scripture.

I mean this is the guy again, he is up there; He is Anointed.

And I came across this Piece of Scripture that just slapped me on the left side of my face.

Okay, here it is – 2 Kings 13:14(a) (NIV) – Okay so follow me here.

Elijah, the man – He is just “Absolutely Incredible”, Anointed and then I hit this:

2 Kings 13:14(a) (NIV) – It says: Now Elisha had been suffering from the illness from which he died.

Stop the bus! Stop! Hold on!

I was still recovering from that Piece of Scripture when I found this just a few verses after that.

2 Kings 13:20-21 (NIV) – It says:

  1. Elisha died and was buried. Now Moabite raiders used to enter the country every spring. 
  2. Once while some Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders; so they threw the mans body into Elishas tomb.

Ok, trying to escape the raiders they dump the mans body in Elishas tomb.

21 (cotd) … When the body touched Elisha’s bones, the man came to life and stood up on his feet.

Hold on! Stop the bus again.

You mean to tell me the same Dude, the same Prophet that had the “Double Portion” of the Anointing of somebody who “Call down Fire”; The same Prophet, the same Prophet who raised a boy from the dead; The same Prophet who did not let oil run out – This same guy died suffering from an illness that he could not get himself out of.

I mean, talk about the situation where your Faith is ways behind the reality of your life.

Maybe you felt that way before; maybe you are in that kind of situation right now – Like your Faith is slow stepping.

Like the reality of your life is over here and your Faith is all the way back there. Like your life is not reflecting your Faith. Maybe your Faith feels like is spoiling your Market right now.

… They are like: Lord, do you see how I’m living right now?

No, I’m the Person who is supposed to be getting all these blessings and nothing is happening.

Watch this hashtag (#) – BLESSED.

Hashtag (#) BLESSED right?

I even have a T-shirt like that.

It’s like you are carrying this Faith of yours like a badge of honour but for whatever reason, your life is not commensurate with the Faith that you carry!

Maybe this is you!

I know I have been in this situation before.

Maybe you are the one – You are Praying for other People when you yourself need Prayers desperately.

Maybe you are the kind of Person who is encouraging other People in the same Areas that you need encouragement.

Oh, I know I’m talking to somebody right now.

I know there is somebody watching this right now or reading on the Label of DMC and you are like: You are snapping your fingers at the screen right now because you know it’s true.

Maybe you are the one – You are helping other People in a certain Area of their lives when you yourself need help in that Particular Area.

Man, I remember years ago – I was “Job Hunting”.

I was so desperate at that Point in time; I needed to be employed – I needed that.

And guess what? – All of a sudden, I just had all kind of People coming to me for help with their careers just out of nowhere.

I was like God – You must you have a real sense of humour because clearly, You must have forgotten the kind of situation I’m in right now.

You can also listen to the audio here: The Elisha Dilemma by Deacon Tobi Atte

Here, I am looking for work and you are sending me People to help in their Careers.

Guess what happened? – Guess what?

Yeah, you already know what happened – Boom, boom, boom, boom.

Every Person I helped a Month, two (2) Months employed, finding jobs left, right and center.

And I’m like, wow, God, really? We gonna play like this, huh?

This is how we are gonna do it – Right?

Are you in that kind of situation?

I mean, there I was expressing my Faith. There I was working out my Faith. There I was being a “Blessing to other People” and in my own life, I needed help in those areas.

Maybe you are the one?

You are feeling and you are seeing evidence(s) around you, evidence(s) in your life for a Higher Purpose – But the reality is that when you look around, it doesn’t look like the life of somebody who has a “Higher Purpose”.

Come on somebody I know I’m talking to you right now!

If we just drop the fancy clothes for a moment, if we just drop this – If we just drop this for a moment and just get real; there are moments in your life right now where you say: Nothing is feeling wonderful right now. It kind of feels wonderful on the surface, but deep down inside I do not feel very Wonderful.

It’s like my life is over here but my Faith is slow stepping back there.

I’m like Faith, you ready?

Faith is like yeah, I’m coming.

I am like you – Come on!!

I got bills to Pay, I got rent to Pay – I’m sick. I need help, I need Deliverance. I need Solutions right now.

Come on! – Here is the word for you: “TAKE COURAGE”

And let me tell you this: This is a Critical Junction for our Generation.

This is an absolutely important Critical Point in our Generation, because you see People in our Generation are leaning away from the Faith because somehow they don’t think, they don’t feel like the Faith is working for them.

They don’t feel the Faith is working for them!

And you might; Yes, you are sure: You Musician; you Author Person; you Worker in Church; you experienced Gospel Person – You have been in Church all your life.

Yes, you I’m talking to you right now.

I bet you: There are moments when you have felt like Elisha may have felt on that sick bed.

Understand these: Even while Elisha was sick, the King came to see Elisha and Elisha was still able to express his Faith on his sick bed!

Talk about like – Let us go to the window, shoot them arrows and take down the enemies.

I mean: Elisha was still Prophesying and Performing Miracles while sick on his bed!

Oh no – Somebody just got slapped on the right side of their face right now, feeling while it’s hot!

We need a level of Maturity in our Generation where this can happen!

So, what does this mean for us?

When we are talking about this “Elisha Dilemma” – When we are talking about when your Faith feels steps behind your life; what does it all mean?

Where is the wonder?

What is so Wonderful about that?

How can we be “Full” of “Wonder” when our Faith and our lives don’t match up?

Yeah, Oh, you thought I was here to.. Oh, make you feel bad.

You thought I was here to make you feel great right now.

Well, we will get there in a moment but we just got to get some realities out in the open.

Hey, let me get into it.

Here are three (3) Things that you have to remember; that you and I have to remember when it comes to what is Wonderful about our Faith:

God can still be very much at work through you, even though He may not seems to be at work for you.

Let me say that one more time: God can still be very much at work through you, even though He does not seems to be working for you.

Now, we understand that God is always working for us.

The Bible tells us that: All things work together for the Good of those who love God and who are called according to His Purpose.

We know Fundamentally, we know Theoretically, we know and had Knowledge that God is working for us but the reality of the matter is that; it look sometimes it doesn’t feel that way.

I. I’m here to encourage somebody.

II. I’m here to tell somebody.

III. I’m here to lift somebody up – I’m here to lift somebody who might be looking very, very “Faith Filled” on the Outside side but who is going home at night and crying.

IV. I’m here to tell somebody who might be looking like they are all jazzed up, all ready to go for God on the Outside but going home at night, I’m wondering God, when will you come through for me?

I’m here to lift that kind of Person up and to let you know that God can still be very, very much at work through you, even though it may not feel that He is at work for you.

That is way it works!

In verse 15 of the 2 Kings 13 (2 Kings 13:15) – Elisha was on his sick bed and he was still making Declarations for the King.

This is needed Maturity for our Generation!

We got to get this into our heads – We have to understand this because sometimes we feel like well, if my life doesn’t feel like it, then I can’t really be of use to God and that is a lie from the Pit of Hell.

That is sometimes – The time that God can really actually use you is Perhaps when things don’t look so great for you on the Outside.

Just because the Power behind your Faith is not manifesting for you, doesn’t mean that it is “Less Potent”.

Let me say that one more time – Just because the Power behind your Faith is not manifesting for you doesn’t mean that it is “Less Potent”.

Let me tell you something: In our Generation huge Problems; in our Generation huge Issues because what we have done is we have made ourselves the “Measurement of God’s Power”.

Yeah, we are like: Yeah, don’t you hear it all the time?

Well, I don’t know about you but you know this God thing; it just isn’t working for me.

So, you know, I guess God is not filling the blank. I don’t see God working in my life.

So, I figured He is not.

I don’t see God doing this – I have been Praying for a while and God is not doing X,Y, Z. So, I don’t know.

It’s like we question God – Our Generation, we question God based on what we are getting or not getting from God.

Can you believe that this is what we do?

What we need desperately in our Generation is a Group of Believers; is a Generation of Believers, who can believe God, who can Trust God, who can Trust in the Nature of God beyond the evidence of the manifestation of that thing in our lives.

That is what we Need.

We need that correction; we need that Change of course.

Just because the Power behind your Faith is not working in you, does not mean that you are “Less Potent”.

So, Point number two (2) was talking about: *Just because it is not working out or manifesting doesn’t mean that it is “Less Potent” – Right?

It’s a lot of work but it is important here to understand that just because the Power behind your Faith that you know in your mind, knowing your heart, knowing your Spirit that is Powerful – Just because it’s not visibly working in you does not mean that you are “Less Potent”.

I really want to talk to somebody here – Who is thinking: Well, I don’t know, I’m just a Young Believer, I don’t know. I just started this God thing not too long ago. I don’t know too much Scriptures.

Ha, yeah – You know I just want to be in the background.

Yeah, maybe that is you. Or maybe it is somebody who is saying: Well, you know what, I don’t see myself “Laying Hands” on anybody; I don’t see myself Preaching the Gospel; I don’t see myself doing all these “Spiritual Activity”.

We just bless God.

If you are – We just Bless God Christian, I want to wake you up right now.

And I want to let you know that just because you don’t see a “Somersaulting Manifestation of the Power of God” in your life; that does not mean that you are “Less Potent”.

What is Wonderful about our Faith is that: God can take you as exactly where you are, and do amazing things through your life.

So, for whatever reason you find yourself in a situation where you are like – Well, whether that is because you are a New Believer, or like some of us who are watching or reading now on the Label of DMC; maybe you grew up in Church – You were the Usher, Musician, and Usher and “Door Person”.

Everywhere you have gone. No Church you have ever been to where you just sat down and ended – No, no, no, no, you are a Worker girl.

Yes, yes. Yeah, you are a Worker, bro.

You do things for God – You are in the Lord’s Army.

And sometimes whether you are on the ‘Beginning Side” – Where you are just kind of tip-toeing into this “Faith Thing”, or you have had years of depth in God; there are moments where you might find yourself saying:

I. God I don’t know, if I have much to give today.

II. God, I’m feeling a certain level of Physical or Spiritual exhaustion.

III. God, I’m too guilty to talk about it because then I don’t sound like I’m on Fire for God anymore.

I’m talking to somebody right now.

I don’t know how to Process those moments – Where I’m like:God, I want you; I don’t have much to give.

Here is God’s response to that kind of situation:

His response is: That is all I Need!

  1. When you come and you say: God, I don’t have much to give today. God is like you “Showed Up” – That is all I Need!
  2. When you say: I don’t have much Strength right now; I don’t feel “Spiritually Strong” right now. God is like – That is all I Need!
  3. When you are saying: God, I don’t have much to give, I don’t have much to say, I don’t have the verses to give other People because I myself, I’m looking for verses to save my life; when you were saying: God, I don’t feel like laying hands on anybody right now. God is like – That is all I Need!

That is all I Need!

And that is what makes our Faith so Wonderful!

The fact that you don’t have to have a “Blessed Looking Life” in order to be blessed by God and to be a blessing to others.

We don’t have to have a “Hashtag (#) Blessed Looking Life”, for us to be blessed by God and for us to be a blessing to other People.

That is Wonderful!

That is so Wonderful about our Faith – That God is able to take the Faith at the level you and I have it. Whether it is at “Mustard Seed Level”; or whether it’s an “Oak Tree Level”. At whatever Level God is able to take that Faith and make something out of it for His Glory.

That is what makes our Faith so Wonderful.

What makes God so Wonderful is not dependent on how we feel, how we can identify – Oh, God is blessing me. Look at all the things God has done for me.

The Maturity we need in our Generation is to get a “Generation of Believers” who can say: Ok wait, well, I’m not underestimating. I’m not ignoring the fact that my life doesn’t look or feel blessed right now but I am removing myself as the Measurement of the Power of God. And that God can take that Person at your level and God can make something Wonderful out of it.

And when we look closely, we realised that God has or sometimes exist in the “Opposite of the Promise”, so that He can fulfill His Purpose.

Let me say that one more time: Sometimes God has us exist in the “Opposite Position of the Promise”, so that He can fulfill His Purpose through us.

As we take a closer look, we see that virtually every great person in the Scriptures at some moment in time went through a Period when they were on the “Opposite side of their Promise”.

Abraham and Sarah – father and mother of many nations with no children.

Rehab lineage of Jesus Christ that began in Prostitution.

Yeah, you go write that in the movie: Elisha, sick with disease, but still Performing Miracles.

David, anointed King but Pursued by the King.

… Talk about living on the “Opposite side of your Promise!

I’m here to lift somebody up that: Sometimes God will have you live on the “Opposite side of your Promise” not because you are “Less Potent”; not because His Power is “Less Potent”, but because there is a Wonderful story being written about your life.

Saul oppress the People of God for the sake of the Gospel, but Change to free People into the Gospel.

I’m here to lift somebody up right now.

If you are feeling what I’m saying right now, go ahead and just snap your fingers at this screen right now.

Jesus Christ at the Cross, destined for a Name that is above all other names – A sinless Man; for somebody who was crucified at the Cross.

… I don’t know about you – That feel Wonderful to me!

That let’s me know that it doesn’t matter what is going on in my life; it doesn’t matter what is going on in your life – The Wonder about your life is not reduced. The Wonder about God is not reduced. The Wonder of His Power is not reduced because of what is going on in your life.

Let me tell you something: I’m Preaching this Message through myself.

You might see me a little Excited, little Pumped up right now – That is because I need to hear these Words. I need to be reminded of this just like you do.

That God will Place His Power; that God will Place His Spirit; that God will Place His Love; that God will Place His Purpose; that God will Place His Vision for the world; that He will Place that Unbroken or in Broken; Unstable; Unreliable; Self Driven Vessels like you and I, and He will deposit all that so that He could Positively affect the world.

That is wonderful.

And it means that: No matter what you are going through, no matter what it looks like right now – If those things are true, and they are. It simply means that you too are Wonderful.

CONCLUSION

So I will close with this.

I don’t know what is going on in your life right now. I don’t know how the enemies has told you; has reduced your “Spiritual Self Confidence” – I’m here to tell you boldly.

CLOSING PRAYER

As you are listening to the sound; you are hearing the sound of my voice, that the Wonder of God in your life – I’m Prophesying into your life right now: That the Wonder that is yet to come; that the Wonder that is Planned for your life – You will not miss it in the Name of Jesus.

In fact, I’m here to encourage you that right now, a “Wonderful Story” is being written out – The Author is God.

He is not done with you yet. He is not done with me yet. He is not done with us yet.

And at the end of the day, we understand, we know, we remember that all things work together for the Good for those who love and who are called according to His Purpose.

And that friends; that is Wonderful!

God bless you – Amen?

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