<TITLE>13. Par 48-50</TITLE>L-48 So one day she was given a blessing, and she embraced a little son. She was old, and her husband was old; and she had a little son. And about time he was about twelve years old, he was out with his papa out in the field. And I believe he must've had a sunstroke. He believe to cry about the middle of the day, "My head. My head."
And his father said, "Take him in to his mama."
She set him on his lap--on her lap, rather, until dinner and he died. I want you to notice the wisdom of this woman that recognized where God was at in a man. She took him right to the prophet's room and laid him on the prophet's bed, not in his own little trundle bed, not in his own daddy's bed, or his mama's bed, but she laid him on the prophet's bed. Wonder why? Wonder why? And she said to the servant, "Saddle a mule. And don't you stop 'less I tell you to. And I want you to ride as hard as you can to Mount Carmel."
Her husband said, trying to discourage her, said, "No, the prophet's not there."

L-49 But she was determined to find out anyhow. So she took off and when she got over there... You know God don't always reveal to His prophets everything. So Elijah saw her coming, said, "Here comes that Shunammite," and said, "Her heart's full of sadness and God has not revealed to me." And said, "Go, ask her if everything's all right."
He said, "Is it all right with thee? Is it all right with thy husband? Is it all right with the child?" Now, here's the part I love.
She said, "Everything's all right." Oh, what was it? What did that woman recognize? That God was in that prophet. That's exactly right. He knew she might... I don't guess she thought she'd get her son back, but she would find out from God Who gave him, why He taken him.

L-50 And she was in the presence of God's representative, and she knowed God was in the prophet. And then when she come up and revealed it, Elijah said, "Take this staff," to Gehazi, "and go lay it on the child." I believe that's where Paul got taking handkerchiefs from his body. Elijah knew that everything that he touched was blessed, because God was in him. See it? God was in a man, and he said, "Now, you take it and lay it on the child."
But the woman's faith wasn't in that. Her faith was in the prophet. She said, "I'm going to stay right here till something happens." I like that kind of faith.
So then after while away went Elijah, no vision yet, walked into the room, and when he got there, there was a wailing, and screaming, and everybody going on. The little dead boy many hours laying in there on the--on his bed, Elijah went in and closed the door and get away from all the unbelief from the outside. And he walked to and fro in the room (I like that.), walked to and fro until he felt the more abundant Life come on him, the kind the eagle I was talking about could fly away with.
He felt the abundance of the Holy Spirit come on him, and he laid his face against the baby's face, his lips against the baby's lips, his nose against the baby's nose, his hands against the baby's hands, and the baby sneezed seven times and come to life. Glory. God's in His people. Do you believe it?


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