The Power of Repetition 5

<p>Friday 30th April&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The Power of Repetition.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>2 Kings 13:19 (GNB)</p> <p>This made Elisha angry, and he said to the king, “You should have struck five or six times, and then you would have won complete victory over the Syrians; but now you will defeat them only three times.”</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>During the king’s visit to Elisha in his old age, just before he died, Elisha gave him a prophetic instruction; "take the other arrows and strike the ground with them". The king took the arrows and struck the ground three times and stopped, this got Elisha angry. Three strikes were fine but it wasn’t enough to secure permanent victory. Elisha expected the king to keep striking the ground repeatedly until he was told to stop, that&nbsp; would have guaranteed total victory.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>As said in an earlier study "repetition is simply about time investment." The more we repeat a particular process, the more time we invest into it, the more effect we can get and the more mastery we develop.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Romans 10:17</p> <p>&nbsp;"Faith comes by hearing and hearing the word of God".</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Paul was saying here that "Faith comes by hearing God’s Word repeatedly".</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>And in Luke 24:49, Jesus said, “…But stay here in the city until the Holy Spirit comes and fills you with power from heaven.”</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>For both the development of faith and the empowerment of the Holy Spirit, there is need for investment of time, repeated exposure to the Word and continuous immersion in His presence. All these are the by-products of investing time with God.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Never forget this, the power of repetition is the investment of time to develop mastery. The Is. 40:31 says; “…they that wait upon the Lord (those who commit time to stay with Him) will renew their strength, they'll mount up with wings as eagles, they'll run and not grow weary, they'll walk and not faint. Those are some of the benefits we enjoy when we sta