2 Kings 7:1 Elisha replied, “…This is what the LORD says: About this time tomorrow, a seah of the finest flour will sell for a shekel and two seahs of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.”
I would encourage you to take a moment and read through 2 Kings 7 to see the whole story. The king’s guard could not fathom how God might solve the siege and famine. God used four lepers and auditory hallucinations to bring things to a remarkable end.
2 Kings 7:2a The officer on whose arm the king was leaning said to the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD should open the floodgates of the heavens, could this happen?”
I would have never seen that coming, and I think that’s part of the lesson God has for me in this chapter. I’m a planner and a thinker. I try to figure out the best way forward. But I am not God. I don’t have His mind or His resources. I can’t see the big picture nor how He is working all thing for my good and His glory. So I worry. A lot.
2 Kings 7:2b “You will see it with your own eyes,” answered Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it!”
Lord, Thank You for this day and this scripture. Thank You for the reminder that I am not You and that when I fret about how You might take care of a situation, I needlessly fret because Your thoughts are not my thoughts and Your ways are far beyond anything I can imagine (Isaiah 55:8). Help me to trust and not worry because You are in control. Draw me closer. Amen.
2 Kings 7:20 And that is exactly what happened to him, for the people trampled him in the gateway and he died.
Have a blessed day.
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