OMBS7/ Run Him out of town

PRAYER - "Ask Of Me, And I Will Give Thee The Heathen" The psalmist asked, "Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us." But God in heaven will laugh at these scoffers, and have them in derision and vexation. Ultimately, God will give His anointed dominion over them all. Psalms 2:8 - "Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession." Prophecy  - "Four Lepers Activate A Miracle" Four lepers sat outside Samaria, starving. "Why sit we here until we die?" They decided to enter the camp of Syrians who were besieging Samaria. "If they kill us, we shall but die." Miraculously, the Syrians heard chariots and horses of a great host, and fled - leaving everything behind; food, clothes, treasures, livestock. The lepers bequeathed their riches to Samaria. Elisha's prophecy was fulfilled. 2 Kings 7:16 - "The people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, ...according to the word of the LORD." PRINCIPLES - "Do Not Trivialize Prophecy" At the time when Elisha prophesied abundance in Samaria within one day, "a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof." This fellow saw the prophecy fulfilled the very next day, but was killed before he could eat of the spoils. 2 Kings 7:20 - "And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died." PROPHECIES - "Elisha Foresees Benhadad's Assassination" Elisha visited Damascus while King Benhadad was sick. Benhadad sent Hazael with forty camel-loads "of every good thing in Damascus" to ask the prophet whether he would recover from his disease. "He may recover from his disease, but he will surely die." Elisha wept. The LORD showed him that Hazael would murder Benhadad, take the Syrian throne, and devastate Israel. 2 Kings 8:15 - "It came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on [Benhadad's] face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead. Run Him Out of Town  Stand therefore...having shod your feet in preparation [to face the enemy with the firm-footed stability, the promptness, and the readiness produced by the good news] of the Gospel of peace. – Ephesians 6:14-15, The Amplified Bible Preparation. When it comes to fighting spiritual battles, that's a word you'd do well to remember. Most believers don't pay much attention to it. They don't prepare themselves in advance. They fiddle around until the devil makes his move, then they jump up and try to fight him with the Word... and they usually lose. I used to do the same thing until the Lord taught me differently. I used to wait until my meetings began to pray for their success. As Satan would come against them from one direction, I'd fight him there. Then he'd move around and attack them in another area, and I'd fight him there. One day the Lord showed me that by waiting until the last minute to take my stand, I was giving Satan time to build up his forces against me. And consequently, I was losing many of my battles. Then the Lord said something to me I'll never forget. He said, If they had kicked Al Capone out of Chicago when he was just a small-time operator, he wouldn't have been so hard to handle; but they waited until he became a first-class criminal with his forces built up around him. Then it took an army to bring him down. When I heard that, I made up my mind never to be caught unprepared again. I started praying about those meetings weeks in advance, getting the stage set spiritually before they ever began. Instead of letting Satan get his forces entrenched, I started throwing him out before he got a single foothold. When I did, I saw more victories than I ever had before. Don't let the devil catch you off guard. Be prepared! Start praying and speaking the Word of faith now over your family, your business, your church. Get your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace. Then if Satan causes trouble, you'll be well-equipped to run him out of town.