More Than What We Can See

The Bible is full of stories that bring a smile to our faces for a variety of reasons. 

If you read the Bible you will find this story in 2 Kings 6.  It begins by telling the story of an enemy king who was at war with Israel. He would tell his officers where they were next going to attack God's people and unknown to him, God would reveal that information to Elisha the prophet who would then inform the king. 

The enemy would show up and find protection prepared against him.  This enemy king got angrier and angrier to the point where he called his officers together to find out who was leaking information about their battle plans.  They knew that they weren't responsible and somehow knew about Elisha. 

So this enemy king ordered troops to go and capture Elisha and imprison him.  They surrounded the city by night and were visible in the morning raising fear, as you can imagine in the hearts of many … but not Elisha.   When his servant asked him,  "What shall we do?"  here’s what Elisha told him.

 “Don’t be afraid,” the prophet answered. “Those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”  And Elisha prayed, “Open his eyes, Lord, so that he may see.” Then the Lord opened the servant’s eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

2 Kings 6:16-19

Not only had God prepared lots of help for Elisha but in an interesting “twist” God made the enemy soldiers temporarily blind, at Elisha’s request.  Elisha led them into the city, prayed for them to get their sight back, stopped people from killing them, and he ordered them to be given food and drink. After that,  no more enemy raids.

I don't know how God will work in your circumstances or mine.  We all have so many challenges surrounding us these days, don't we?   We see all sorts of problems seemingly stacked one on top of another and it all looks impossible to us. 

God wants to encourage us to remember that there’s more going on than what we see.  God is willing and able to communicate to us just as He did with Elisha.  Let’s ask Him.

Heavenly Father, our problems look like mountains to us but they aren’t even mole hills to You.  You must smile a bit sometimes when You see us getting frantic over things that You already have in control. 

Lord, open our ears to hear all that You want to tell us today.  You opened the eyes of Elisha’s servant so he could see all the angels and spiritual warriors that were working on their side and Lord, even if we can’t see the same with our own eyes, we pray for eyes of faith to remember and rest in the trust that they are there at Your command and available to do powerful things on our behalf.

However You choose to get Your will and work accomplished today, we don’t know for sure, but we do know that You’ve chosen to use us and we want to make ourselves available to You with joy and trust and even excitement at how You might do amazing things through us even as you did through Elisha. 

We just want to say we are Your people, ready and willing.  Here we are Lord, send us, to work our Your purposes today.  Amen

Let’s see what amazing stories God can work through our lives today.