PHANEROO~DEVOTION 17th Match 2016 KISSING MOTHER & FATHER I Apostle Grace Lubega

[1 Kings 19:19-21]; So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.  And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee? And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.

Elijah was testing Elisha to see whether he knew what had been done to him. When the mantle was placed on Elisha, the instruction actually was, ‘follow me’. The Hebrew word for mantle is "addereth". This word is directly translated to mean glory or magnificence. When he cast his mantle on Elisha, he was basically saying, ‘you are a prophet but I have cast something that is on my life on you’. He cast on him what made Elijah more brilliant than the 7000 who were hidden.

There were seven thousand others, yes, but they were hidden. I wish these 7000 also stopped rain and raised the dead, but they were just hidden. We don’t even know their names. Elijah realized that even though these guys were prophets, he wanted to produce someone in his own line. There are other prophets but God wants to get a certain kind of prophet. There are other teachers but he wants to get a certain kind of teacher. There are other preachers but he wants to get a certain kind of preacher. There are other worshippers but he wants to get a certain kind of worshipper. This thing can only be done by the casting of a mantle. Unfortunately, when this is done, the child says, ‘oh, let me go back and kiss mother.’ He will do so because he does not understand what was done to him.

The Christian asks, ‘I have been hearing this message but why is it not working in my life?’ You went back and kissed your mother while the others slaughtered their oxen and destroyed what was previously valuable to them.  Elisha was looking after animals but the moment the mantle was cast upon him, he burnt these animals like they were no longer important to him. Child of God, understand that there is a reason why the hand was placed upon you that day, a reason as to why they spoke upon your life and said you are a prophet, an apostle or a miracle worker. Why are you not seeing any results after all this while? You went back to "kiss your mother."

Excerpt from the sermon: THE RULE OF THE MANTLE by Apostle Grace Lubega

Child of God, understand that there is a reason why the hand was placed upon you that day, a reason as to why they spoke upon your life and said you are a prophet, an apostle or a miracle worker. Why are you not seeing any results after all this while? You went back to "kiss your mother."

Scripture Reference:1 Timothy 4:14, 2 Timothy 1:6