Retardation

2Kings 2 v 9-15 and it came to pass when they have gone over that Elijah said unto Elisha, ask what I shall do for thee before I be taken away from thee, and Elisha said I pray thee, let the double portion of thy spirit and he said thou has asked a hard thing nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken away from thee it shall be so unto thee, if not, it shall not be so.
And it came to pass as they still went on and talked that behold there appear a chariot of fire and forces of fire and parted them both asunder and Elijah went up to heaven by whirlwind.
And Elisha saw it and he cried my father, my Father the chariot of Israel and the horses thereof and he saw him no more and he took hold of his own cloth and rend them into two pieces. He took up all. so the mantle of Elijah that fell from him and went to the bank of Jordan.
And he took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him and he smote the waters and he said where is the Lord God of Elijah? and when he also has smitten the waters they parted hither and thither and Elisha went over.
And when the son of the prophet which were to view at Jericho saw him and they said the spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha and they came to meet him and bow themselves before him.
Retardation means there is growth but it's so slow that it becomes embarrassing.
When you see a child who is ten years old behaving like a child who is only three years old, you will say the child is retarded.
The problem with retardation is that they will see a little progress. But the progress is so little it becomes an embarrassment. Another way of talking about retardation is to call it trapped destiny.
In Genesis 49 v 1-4 the bible tells us that when Jacob was about to die, he called his children together and began to make pronouncement concerning each one.
He said concerning Reuben his first born; he said Reuben even though you are my first born, even though you have energy, you have power, you have everything going for you, he said Reuben you will not excel, from that day onward the destiny of Reuben was trapped.
..........I am praying for everyone today who is suffering from any form of retardation, that spirit of retardation is destroyed in your life in Jesus name.