Title:
“Why Sit We Here Until We Die? — A Call to Spiritual Hunger and the Holy Spirit’s Outpouring”
Text:
2 Kings 7:3-11
Key Verse: 2 Kings 7:3 — “Why sit we here until we die?”
Introduction:
Beloved, we are living in perilous times. There is a famine in the land — not just a famine of bread, but a famine of the Word of God and the fresh move of His Holy Spirit. People go to churches but remain spiritually starved. Lives are busy, but hearts are dry. And the greatest danger is not the famine itself — but the complacency it breeds.
Tonight, I want to speak to the hungry. To the dissatisfied. To those who refuse to sit in spiritual mediocrity. To those who sense that staying where they are means spiritual death. I’m preaching from 2 Kings 7 — the story of four leprous men, who in a moment of desperate hunger, decided to rise up and move toward a miracle they hadn’t even imagined.
And the question God placed in my heart tonight is the same one they asked themselves:
“Why sit we here until we die?”
I. The Picture of a Starving City (2 Kings 6:24-33)
The backdrop of this passage is a city under siege. Samaria was surrounded by the armies of Syria, and no food could get in. The people were starving. The famine was so severe that mothers were boiling their own children for food.
It’s a horrifying picture — but it also speaks prophetically of the condition of many churches and believers today.
Amos 8:11 declared:
“Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread… but of hearing the words of the LORD.”
We’re living in those days. There’s no shortage of religion, no shortage of services, events, or sermons — but there’s a famine of the genuine, anointed, Holy Ghost move of God. And in times of famine, people turn on God’s messengers, just as the king of Samaria turned on Elisha.
II. The Four Lepers: A Type of the Spiritually Hungry (2 Kings 7:3-4)
Now outside the city gate sat four lepers. They were outcasts — rejected by the city, considered unclean, and left to die. But their physical condition mirrors a spiritual reality.
They were desperate, but unlike those inside the city, they recognized it.
And in one moment of honesty, they asked the most life-changing question anyone can ask:
“Why sit we here until we die?”
They considered their options:
- If we stay here, we die.
- If we go back into the city — to the same old dead system — we die.
- But if we rise up and move toward the camp of the enemy, maybe we’ll live.
Hear me tonight:
The greatest tragedy is not in dying, but in dying slowly while sitting in the same place — sitting in dead religion, sitting in spiritual apathy, sitting in a cold, dry heart.
Revelation 3:1 — “Thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.”
But those who hunger for more — those dissatisfied with the status quo — will rise.
Matthew 5:6 — “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.”
III. The Bold Move Toward the Outpouring (2 Kings 7:5-8)
The lepers said, “Let us arise.” And as they moved, something supernatural happened.
Verse 6 says:
“For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses…”
Beloved, when you move in faith toward God, even if it’s a trembling, leprous step — He moves ahead of you. Heaven amplifies the footsteps of the hungry. God clears out the enemy’s camp before you arrive.
And when they reached the camp, they found food, water, silver, and abundance — more than they had ever imagined.
It’s a picture of what happens when you press past fear and tradition into the presence of the Holy Spirit.
God has an outpouring waiting — an abundance of His Spirit — for those hungry enough to move.
John 7:37-39
“If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink… out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.”
IV. The Conviction to Share the Overflow (2 Kings 7:9-11)
But then conviction struck their hearts.
Verse 9:
“We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace…”
It wasn’t enough to be filled — they realized others were still starving.
And that’s what happens when you experience the Holy Ghost. It shifts you from self-preservation to evangelism. You cannot hoard revival. You cannot sit silently when your city is dying.
Acts 8:4-8 tells us that when the early church was scattered by persecution, they went everywhere preaching the Word, and there was great joy in that city.
The same must happen today.
V. God’s Promise Is Always Fulfilled (2 Kings 7:16-20)
In the end, Elisha’s prophecy came to pass. What was spoken in faith became reality — because someone dared to move.
Joel 2:28-29 / Acts 2:17-18
“And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh…”
But there’s a warning too.
The officer who doubted Elisha saw the miracle but didn’t taste of it.
Many today will watch revival but never enter in, because of unbelief.
Hebrews 3:19 — “So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.”
Conclusion:
Why sit we here until we die?
- Are you tired of being spiritually dry?
- Are you hungry for a fresh touch of God?
- Are you willing to rise from your place of complacency and move toward His presence?
Isaiah 55:1
“Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters…”
This is your moment. Don’t die in your famine. Don’t stay where you are. Don’t settle for yesterday’s manna. The Holy Ghost is calling you to rise up.
Altar Call:
If you are hungry for God, if you want a fresh move of the Holy Spirit in your life, if you are tired of sitting and ready to rise — the altar is open. Come and let God fill you tonight. He has an abundance waiting.
Why sit we here until we die?
Come. Rise. Be filled.
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