2 Kings 6 & 7 -- God's Messages To Elisha

My commentary began, "Elisha was like the 'still small voice' that followed the tumult of the wind, the earthquake, and the fire."

God shared incredible amounts of information with him about the Syrian army's movements, and when his own servant was afraid, God answered Elisha's request for his servant to be able to see GOD's army surrounding the city and protecting it.  He then prayed that God would make the Syrian army unable to see, and he led them to Israel's capital city and had the king feed them a feast rather than destroying them!

That same capital city had been surrounded and under siege by the Syrian army at another time for so long that famine was occurring within it, and people were eating their own children!  The king was blaming God rather than admitting his own sins and those of his people and he went to kill Elisha, but Elisha pronounced God's word that the next day everyone would have all the food they wanted at regular prices.  Sure enough, God sent the sound of a large army approaching which caused the Syrians to flee quickly, leaving all of their supplies -- enough to do exactly what God had promised!

My commentary concluded, "The main lesson isn't that God rescued His people when they didn't deserve it, but that God fulfilled the promise He gave through His prophet Elisha ... Jesus has promised to come again ...."

Father, I thank You for Your faithfulness and the way You keep Your promises.  Help me not to doubt that You will keep Your promises to me as well.

 

Your Brother In Christ,
Gary Ford