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Bishop Jakes - The Battle for the Seed

(KJV) 2 Kings 4:17-36 And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.

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God equips the woman with everything she needs to nurture the baby when it's time.

I don't care how big you get, when you get sick enough, there's something that wants tour mama.

The mother nurtures the child on her lap until noon. She did what she had done before- all that she knows to do. A loving mother will try everything...

What to do when nurturing doesn't work.

The thing you nurtured is dying in front of your face and slipping through your fingers. The child dies and the woman has a choice: to accept the death or not take it. A difference between the natural mother and the spiritual mother.

She laid him in the prophets bed and shut the door. She didn't have a horse- she saddled up an ass. Not as fast.  She had to ride what she had until she could get what she wanted.

Saddle up what you got and work it til you get it. Ride that thang.

The door is closed on this situation. She wants to get to the prophet bc he is the one who spoke this thing into existence. Bc she now understands that nurture is not always enough.

The woman who has a dead child in the house, who had to ride in on an Ass, tells Gehazi, 'It is well.'

'Surprise!' - you thought I wouldn't keep standing? You bought it was too weak?

It wasn't just her faith. It was that it was the servant, not the man of God. She said there was no purpose in telling her business to someone who couldn't help her.

Gehazi couldn't help her bc Gehazi didn't love her. Don't just watch what they say- watch what they do! They can't help ya, they can't heal ya!

This means war!

Elijah tells Gehazi, 'Leave that woman alone.' isn't it nice to know that God will rebuke your devils for you?

Why did you make me dream? Why did you give me this child when I already knew I was barren? When you give up hope you give up expectations.

A test will become a testimony.

It is the battle for the seed.

I can't even enjoy the service bc I have a dead child at home. I have a dead promise at home.

Gehazi- take my staff and lay it by the child. But the woman said that was not enough. I'm not going back until I get what I want.

I ain't going nowhere!

What do you do when what you learned  doesn't work?

The prophet doesn't work with the woman in the room. He pit he woman out. I know you don't think that anything will work in the life of your child without your help. Step out of that thing. He battle is not yours, it belongs to the Lord.

Gehazi couldnt do it, the mama couldn't do it.

The prophet walked around the house but he was coming back. Here comes Jesus. He devil thought the battle was over.

Mama the lord said that your seed is about to sit up. You've got one more sneeze.

This sees, this promise, this dream that you thought was dead- I'm going to present it to you transformed. I couldn't let you do it, or your friends, or you pastor do it, bc they would have gotten the glory. But God said he would present it back to you transformed.

They opened up the door on what was dead, and there was her baby.

Because it happens gradually, you don't even realize that you ate getting accustomed to functioning with less.

Here's the takeaway: it's not going to be your nurturing, it's not going to be he things you say and do. It is a battle for your future, for your legacy, for your destiny.

Just because the stuff you've tried before isnt working doesn't mean you're going to lose.