The Mystery Of Divine Emergency by Apostle Johnson Suleman: MP3 Download & Sermon Notes

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2 Kings 7:1: Elisha said, "Hear ye the word of the Lord: Thus saith the Lord, tomorrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria."

This is the mystery of divine emergencies. Some issues in life allow room to simply wait — patient, unhurried, trusting that God will show up whenever He shows up. But there are other battles, other health reports, other limitations that require an emergency to be triggered — a deliberate, urgent intervention rather than a passive wait.

The word you hear and receive is your escape route in the day of adversity. There are two reasons the word will not work for a man: either he does not understand it, or he cannot appropriate it. The power of the word is only seen when it is engaged, when it is obeyed.

A Word Under Pressure

Consider David. 1 Samuel 16 records Samuel asking Jesse to bring all his sons for anointing — yet David was not among those first presented. A close study reveals why: Psalm 51 records David saying he was shapen in iniquity, born in a way his brothers, sons of a legitimate marriage, were not. That is why Jesse did not count him among the sons at first. But when the Spirit came, He did not discriminate on the basis of birth — the Bible simply says the Spirit came upon David from that day forward.

His own brothers hated him. That is why Psalm 23:5 says, "Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies" — the only people present when David was anointed were his own brothers, yet he called them enemies.

Matthew 2:18: "A voice was heard in Rama, lamentation and weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted." Rachel had only two children — Joseph, who was sold by his own brothers, and Benjamin, born as she died in labor. Her mourning was not without cause: she had been substituted for her sister at her own wedding, and even after that, her sister bore many children while she bore only two — and both were marked by sorrow.

Set Not Your Mind on Them

1 Samuel 9:20: when Samuel met Saul, the first thing he said concerning the lost asses Saul was searching for was, "set not thy mind on them, for they are found." Concerning the crisis in your life, concerning the battles you've been carrying, concerning the questions over your career, your stay, your health — set not your mind on them. Heaven has shown up.

The Word as a Token

A token is a symbol used to represent something greater — much like a picture of food on a menu represents provision, safety, and nourishment before the meal ever arrives. In the same way, the word of God is a token containing longevity, safety, lifting, and emancipation. But the word of God cannot produce until it is personalized. A message may be preached to everyone in a room, but someone in that room is meant to receive it for themselves specifically.

When Elijah gave his prophecy of abundance after a prolonged famine, there was plenty in the land the very next day — but the king's own officer, who doubted the word, died by the same prophecy. Every prophecy produces both a recipient and a casualty. Promotion comes only as another is put down; for God to lift one up, another must be set aside.

Why God Triggers an Emergency

1. Wickedness Must Be Eliminated

2 Kings 6:26-28 records a season of such intense wickedness that mothers boiled and ate their own children during a famine — not because of hunger alone, but because of witchcraft operating under the cover of desperate circumstances. Wickedness will often hide behind circumstance to justify itself. The Bible even records that after one such act, the woman who had agreed to trade her child for another's hid her own — even witchcraft can be scammed by witchcraft.

1 John 5:19 says we are of God, but the whole world lieth in wickedness. This present world is not wired to work in your favor by default — it takes spiritual engagement, prayer, and vigilance to turn its systems toward your good. Isaiah 48:22 and Isaiah 59:21 speak to this — but Isaiah 40 also promises that they who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength, mount up with wings as eagles, run and not be weary, walk and not faint.

Wickedness does not always announce itself. A man once nearly lost everything to betrayal by someone close, someone who carried a Bible and appeared trustworthy — a sober reminder from Jeremiah 5:26 that wicked men can be found even among the faithful.

There are also battles fought over people who do not yet know a battle exists over their heads — as when Jacob crossed his hands to bless Joseph's two sons while Joseph tried to correct him, or when Joseph interpreted the baker's dream of birds eating from a basket on his head as a sign of coming judgment, while the butler's dream meant restoration. Children go to school, dream, and plan for their futures, unaware of unseen contention over their lives. That contention is broken today.

2. Life Under Threat

2 Kings 6:31-32: Elijah discerned in his spirit that the king was sending someone to take his head before it was ever announced to him physically. Revelation operates like an invasion — it does not wait for due process; it simply shows up ahead of the natural order.

Every negative report is life-threatening, however small it may seem — sickness shows no favoritism to status or wealth. Discernment must be cultivated: nations that survive threats are the ones that take intelligence seriously rather than assuming immunity. The same is true spiritually. When something is aimed at damaging you, the wise response is not to manage it or minimize it, but to deal with it decisively — the way a household deals immediately and thoroughly with a snake found inside the house, without waiting for rules of engagement.

Threats are also better faced in community than in isolation. A "lone ranger" mentality can be a person's undoing — no matter how gifted, everyone needs others speaking into their life. This echoes Acts 19:14-16, where seven sons attempted to cast out a demon by invoking "Jesus, whom Paul preacheth" without any relationship or spiritual covering of their own — and were overpowered by the very spirit they tried to command. Authority borrowed without relationship does not hold.

A season of emotional, unguarded ministry — preaching near what turned out to be a beehive and being repeatedly stung rather than stopping to address it, simply to avoid disappointing a crowd — was itself a lesson: living and leading by emotion rather than by revelation always ends badly.

3. Scarcity Must Give Way to Abundance

Scarcity is limited supply, less than enough, minimal provision. Every vacuum — material, physical, financial, or in status — is being addressed today. There are people who live in a "never enough" mindset, where even as resources come, battles come alongside them. That pattern of scarcity ends now.

Satan has vowed to trouble every believer, regardless of temperament. In fact, gentleness and calm can make a person an easier target, since there is less resistance expected. This is why wickedness must be confronted directly in prayer, not merely endured.

Declaration and Prayer

• Every string of wickedness in my life, in the life of my family, my siblings, and my children — be terminated, be broken from the root, in Jesus' name.
• Lord, move me from scarcity into abundance.

The error of wickedness expires in your family. Every battle over your head expires today. Help is coming, and you will enjoy the lifting of God.