“Fear
not, for they that are with us are more than they that are with them” (2 Kings
6:16, KJ21).
Elisha
stood as prophet of God, called out to be a witness of the Living God in a
place of countess minor and major other gods. He was called as a prophet and empowered
by the Spirit of God. He was given the message of hope and truth from the God
of Abraham, Jacob and Moses. Elisha was placed in a nation uninterested,
un-attentive and even hostile to his words or his warnings, yet Elisha was
faithful, bold and authoritative as God’s messenger. As one reads of his deeds and senses the
assuredness of his faith; there are powerful lessons for all generations about
the relationship all followers of God have with an All-Powerful, All-Knowing and
Ever-Present Living God. If we follow
our Lord and seek His plans and purposes relying on His Spirit, there is
nothing to fear as we will have the truth to see things as they truly are with
our Savior by our side.
Elisha
was not concerned or apprehensive with who or what was coming against him or
the nation of Israel. Whatever things or
people that would come against him, Elisha’s faith was not deterred as his
authoritative prophetic or purposeful message boldly proclaimed time and time
again, the action and provision of the Mighty God who was with him. His strength was in the Living God and nothing
that would come against him was of any consequence. Whether it was ridicule,
danger, threats, hardships, famine or even the mightiest armies of the time,
Elisha’s focus was always on the God that was with him and never on who or what
was coming against him. Time and time again, Elisha believed in the Lord’s
provision and stood strong in the face of whatever or whoever came against him.
Whatever came against Elisha; including all hardships, problems and even the
mighty armies were thwarted and defeated by the infinitely more powerful mighty
God who was with Elisha. Elisha was part of many miracles but none of these miracles
came about from his power but only through the power of the One, who Elisha had
faith in and who was with always with him.
We
worship and live in relationship with the same Living God through Jesus Christ Our
Lord and have within us, the presence of the Holy Spirit to guide us and
empower us. The Holy Spirit is imparted and is indwelling
with us as a seal of our relationship with the Living God (Ephesians 1:14). The
Living God in us can do more than we can ask or imagine (Ephesians 3:20), we
just have to trust Him. We severely
limit our faith and severely limit the power of God, when we focus on who or what
is coming against us; instead of Who is with us. All around Elisha, people saw the hardships,
difficulties, dangers and armies but Elisha saw only the Mighty God who was with
him and the mighty things He would do.
We can do no better than to follow the example of Elisha’s faith in all
the days we live out our lives. For the Living
God, Who with us is more powerful that
anything that would come against us.
“And Elisha prayed and said, ‘Lord, I pray
thee, open his eyes, that he may see.’ And the Lord opened the eyes of the
young man, and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots
of fire round about Elisha”
(2 Kings 6:17, KJ21).
Suggested
Reading … 2 Kings 6 & 7
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