Beautiful but Barren: Breaking the Curse of Unfruitfulness

“This town is located in beautiful natural surroundings, as you can see. But the water is bad, and the land is unproductive.” – 2 Kings 2:19

It is time to break everything that has caused physical and spiritual barrenness in your life. Barrenness is infertility, unfruitfulness, and unproductiveness. Beauty, on the other hand, is attractiveness, gorgeousness, and being well-arranged. So, when you see something looking beautiful yet not productive, then there is a clear case of disagreement. There is a problem. And this is what some of us are currently going through in life. Your physical looks, education, location, age, connections, and even background are not in agreement with your current level and position in life. You know very well that this is not where you are supposed to be, considering the grace and endowments in your life, but you cannot say exactly what has gone wrong. It’s as if something is pulling you back, and you don’t know what to do to break out of the invisible barriers. You helplessly and angrily watch people with fewer qualifications overtake you.

Maybe it is a family or medical condition whose cause you cannot fully explain. Some live close to the blessing but, unfortunately, languish in penury, pain, and sorrow. Others do everything that is expected of them but have their dreams aborted at the point of breakthrough. You experience unidentifiable forces resisting all your efforts to advance into your destiny. You cannot live the life that God wants for you. If you are going through any of these, I would like to tell you that you have come to the point of your deliverance. Today, everything that has held your life in bondage will be broken in the name of Jesus!

This was exactly what the people of Jericho were going through. Their city was well situated. It was close to the richly endowed River Jordan. It had streams running through it and was well secured because of its topography. But the land was barren, and the water from the streams was bad, causing death, infertility, and miscarriages. Terrible! What was the problem? The city was laboring under a heavy curse. Do you remember what Joshua did after destroying the place during his time? He said that the curse of the Lord would be upon the city; that anybody who tried to rebuild it would lay the foundation at the cost of his firstborn and set up the gates at the cost of his youngest child.

Hundreds of years later, during the ungodly reign of Ahab, in disobedience, a man from Bethel called Hiel rebuilt the city. When he laid the foundation, his first son, Abiram, died. And when he had finished and set up the gates, his youngest son, Segub, died. Presumably, his other children had died in between. So Jericho had been laboring under this terrible curse until this particular encounter with Elisha the prophet.

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The prophet Elisha was freshly anointed by the ‘Prophet of Fire,’ Elijah, when the elders of the city, in tears, ran to him seeking help. “We have a problem, my lord…” they told him, explaining all they were going through. Prophetically, the man of God ordered them to bring a new bowl with salt. He went to the spring that supplied water to the town and threw in the salt, saying, “This is what the LORD says: I have made this water wholesome. It will no longer cause death or infertility.” Immediately, the water and land were healed from that day. Praise God!

Thank God the people and the elders of Jericho recognized that they had a problem and went to the right place.

What is your problem? What is happening in your life? Your relationships, job, and family? What is happening to your nation? Are they beautifully situated but unproductive? Are you laboring without a commensurate result? Are you toiling through the night without a catch?

I just remembered Peter. He toiled all night without catching any fish. But when Jesus came into the situation, the story changed.

Today, I pray that every curse over your life be broken in the mighty name of Jesus! God wants you to be fruitful. He said that it is His will that every part of your life be productive and prosperous.

Till next week, God bless!