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2 Kings chapter 13, verses 18 and 19.

And he said, take the arrows, and he took them.

And he said to the King of Israel, strike the ground with them.

And he struck three times and stopped.

Then the man of God was angry with him and said you should have

struck five or six times. Then you would have struck down Syria until you had made an end of it.

But now you will strike down Syria only three times. There's a lot to explain in this chapter in these two verses, but the bottom line is

that God would give to Joash, the king here, God would give to Joash according to Joach's faith

and obedience. What Joash does faith and obedience.

What Joash does is he strikes the ground three times,

and this prophet says to him,

if you would have struck the ground five or six times,

you would have been given complete victory over Syria.

But because you didn't, because you stopped short in your faith and obedience, you will miss out on the fullness of the blessing God desired for you.

Can I just repeat that again as we think about that picture in our own lives?

Because Joach stopped short in his faith in God and obedience to God,

he missed out on the fullness of blessing from God.

This is a reality we see all throughout Scripture

according to our faith and obedience.

It will be given to us.

And so we pray in light of 2nd Kings chapter 13, verses 18 and 19. God help our unbelief.

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