Today’s passage: 2 Kings 6:24-7:20
Helpful thoughts:
- Elisha was praised when the Syrian raiders were captured in Samaria, and hated in the time of famine.
- Of course, it wasn’t Elisha that was hated as much as it would have been his God. Even if King Jehoram had focused his anger on God’s prophet, God was the one in sovereign control.
- When we are angry with our circumstances, we are angry first at God.
- The Lord’s power is on display again as not a single fight broke out in this battle. Syria fled without any effort on the part of Israel.
- They were helpless and hopeless on their own. Our God is a God of salvation.
Questions to consider:
- Why was King Jehoram’s complaint truly against the Lord? When things don’t seem to be going the “right” way in our lives, what must we remember?
- When any “trouble” comes from the Lord, what is our right response? To whom should we cry and in what way? What should the king’s sackcloth have represented first, Israel’s hunger or their need for repentance?
- What does the church need the most? What does the Lord desire of our hearts and then our actions?