1118. Where Fell It?
Where Fell It?
"And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place" (2Ki_6:6).
The first thing that Elisha did was to ask the question,
1. "Where fell it?" This suggests to us our need of going to the place where we lost our touch with God. We must get back to Bethel, back to the parting of the ways, back to the main line track. It is easy for us to know where we lost our fellowship and our power to serve if we will stop and think. There was some act of disobedience; some stumbling into sin; some yielding to the flesh; somewhere we lost touch with God.
With Peter it was self-confidence. The Lord had said you will deny Me thrice. Peter replied, "Though all men forsake Thee, yet will not I." That was the point of departure. There followed in quick succession the steps that led Peter down, until, with an oath he said, "I know not the Man." There were the same number of steps by which he later retraced his way back to God. Yet it was not until the Lord asked Peter, "Lovest thou Me, more than these?" that Peter, in the collapse of self-confidence, confessing his love, refused to place it as superior to that of his brethren. Then he was back to the place where his axe head fell into the water.
2. He showed him the place. Let us not seek to hide our sins. Let us not cover up our backslidden heart. "If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves." "He that covereth his sins shall not prosper, but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall find mercy." Let us show God the very place where we lost our touch with Him; Let us be definite. We know what it was. Let us hide it from Him no longer.
Nathan said unto David: "Thou art the man." David cried out, "I have sinned." He made a full confession. He opened up the hideous iniquity of his heart and sought for a through and through cleansing. He was heard and restored.
What do we gain by hiding away from God? Are not all our ways open and naked with Him with Whom we have to do? He already knows the place we lost out with God; then why not point out the spot unto Him? Let us say, "It fell just there." "That is the very spot where I lost my fellowship." "It was when I became angry and spoke so harshly." "It was when I yielded to that lustful desire."
When the Lord says, "Where fell it?" Some of us will have to point to the movie, or the dance, or to the card table, and answer "Lord, it fell just there." Some of us will have to go to the neglected prayer closet, the neglected Bible, the neglected obedience and say, "It fell just there."
May God help us to answer truly and faithfully to God, making a clean breast of the whole thing, confessing our sins.
Autor: R.E. NEIGHBOUR