<TITLE>21. Par 72-75</TITLE>L-72 So, the husband said, "Oh it's neither new moon or sabbath, and he won't be up there, at up at the Mount Carmel."
She said, "All will be well." And away she went.
And when they come in... God hadn't told the prophet nothing about it. He just told Gehazi, said, "Here comes that Shunammite." He said, "Now, her heart's grieved, and God's kept it from me. I don't know what's the matter with her." So he hollered, "Is all well with thee? All well with thy husband? Is all well with the child?"
Now, here's where I like her. She said, "All is well." Settles it. The baby a corpse, her husband a screaming maniac, running up and down the floors, her heart jumping out of her, but, "All is well." I like that. What was it? She was-- She was to the base of where she knowed she'd find out from God what the reason was. She run up to the prophet and fell down and revealed herself.
She grabbed him by the feet, 'course Gehazi jerked her up, and kinda taken care of her, what nobody did such things. So Elijah said, "Now, Gehazi, you take my staff. Don't you go to talking to somebody on the road, but I'm going to give you a commission. You go lay this staff on the baby."

L-73 And the woman now... And that would've worked all right if the woman would've believed that. That's where I think Paul got the handkerchief idea. Gehazi... Elijah knowed what he touched was blessed. So it--it wouldn't work for her, 'cause she didn't believe that. No, sir. She knowed God was in the prophet. She didn't know about the stick. So she said, "As your soul lives, I'm not going to leave you." She stayed right with him. Well, there wasn't nothing to do, put on his coat and take with her.
And away they went out down through there, and got to the house, and I can just imagine seeing everybody in the yard a weeping and a wailing, that little ten, twelve year old boy laying on the bed. And I want you to notice: she took him into the prophet's chamber, good place to take him, laid him on his bed.
So, old Elijah walked up in all that confusion, and commotion around. He walked in there, and walked up-and-down the floor, laid his body upon the little dead baby. It sneezed seven times, and come to life; took the baby up.

L-74 Now, no doubt but what Mary, or Martha, had read that story, and she knew if God was in His prophet, surely He was in His Son. So, she knew if she could get to God's Son, she would know why that that baby, or her brother had been taken. So she got over to Him.
Now, when she... Looked like she had a right to scold Him, upbraid Him, and say, "Why did You do a certain thing? Why didn't You come when we called You?" But when she got to Him, she fell down at His feet, and said, "Lord, if Thou would've been here, my brother would not have died." See? She never scolded Him, saying, "Why didn't You come and this, that, or..." If she did, the miracle wouldn't have taken place.

L-75 It's your attitude towards... Your approach towards a Divine working of God, will determine what you'll get out of it. If you come and say, "Well, I... Glory to God." Stand there and chew your chewing gum, and say this, "I'm just going around to see what them holy-rollers is doing. I didn't see nothing." Sure. "I--I never see them...?... just a bunch of maniacs, looked..." If you come to criticize, the devil will give you something to criticize. If you come for to find good, God will show you something good. It depends on what you're looking for.
So, they come. Now, I--I could see her then. She come up to Him, and she knelt down, and said, "Lord, if Thou would've been here, my brother would not have died. But even now, whatever You ask God, God will give it to You." I like that. "What you ask God, God's going to give it to you."


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