FAITH CAPSULE: Are you paying attention not to be a victim of multitude/crowd?

2 Kings 4

Elisha wanted to bless the Shunammite woman when Gehazi revealed to Elisha, “…she has no son, and her husband is old.” (2 Kings 4:14) In response to Gehazi, Elisha spoke into the life of the Shunammite woman, “About this time next year you shall embrace a son.” (2 Kings 4:16) As it was spoken into the life of the Shunammite woman so it happened to be. The Shunammite woman had a son but the son later fell sick and died. The Shunammite woman went back to Elisha for his intervention to bring her son back from death to life. When Elisha approached the dead son, he shut door to keep the mother and Gehazi out as he engaged prayer to the Lord. Obviously, two is a multitude.
With multitude as your company, are you going to advance in the plans to give glory to God? In life, among the major hindrances of man is multitude. It is important to take note in the bible that a failure to disengage multitude is an engagement to failure which will disallow giving testimony to the glory of God. Elisha’s shutting door on the two is a lesson for man to know that two is a multitude and it deserves denial from hindering man’s attempt to give God glory.
Multitude or crowd will take charge as hindrance where man allows. Jesus disallowed crowd in His attempt to restore the dead of leader’s daughter. The bible recorded, “When Jesus came into the ruler’s house, and saw the flute players and the noisy crowd wailing, He said to them, “Make room, for the girl is not dead, but sleeping.” And they ridiculed Him. But when the crowd was put outside, He went in and took her by the hand, and the girl arose.  And the report of this went out into all that land.” (Matthew 9:23-26) The lesson from Jesus for us is to know and understand the need for putting out multitude/crowd. Be warned in the journey of life, we are to constantly put out multitude where our assignment for the glory of God calls for. Putting out multitude/crowd is crucial to carry through for God’s glory.
Life is a journey and multitude is an agent against man for reaching to expected end in the journey of life. Wisdom, knowledge and understanding is rooted in the written word of God. Are you paying attention to attain the wisdom, knowledge and understanding not to be a victim of multitude/crowd?
Prophet Elisha avoided multitude when he shut out multitude on his way. Jesus our Lord and savior evaded multitude on His way by putting out multitude. What is stopping you from shutting or putting out the multitude in your life? Do not accommodate multitude/crowd in your journey of life for the glory of God.

Prayer for today: Ask God for the boldness and character not to accommodate multitude in life.