2 Kings 6: 24-33, 2 Kings 7, 2 Kings 8: 1-15, Acts 22: 23-30, Acts 23: 1-11, Psalm 102: 12-17
“But Elisha said, “Hear the word of the Lord: thus says the
Lord, Tomorrow about this time a seah of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel,
and two seahs of barley for a shekel, at the gate of Samaria.” Then the captain
on whose hand the king leaned said to the man of God, “If the Lord himself
should make windows in heaven, could this thing be?” But he said, “You shall
see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat of it.”
Verses 1 and 2 from 2 Kings 7 is a prophecy from the prophet
Elisha. I love the fulfillment of Elisha’s prophecy because it shows you cannot
predict how God will fulfill his word or a prophecy. God scared away the Syrian
army, and the four lepers who decided they would go to the Syrian army camp to
spare their lived, found the camp empty. The lepers decided to share the good
news with the king’s household. The Syrian army left their food and the king’s
messenger who had gone to Elisha was trampled by the people and died, as Elish
had prophesied.
This story from Elisha
shows that when we pray to God for something, we need to let go of any expectations
we have on how God might fulfill our prayers. God will fulfill our prayers, but
in God’s way and according to his plan and not necessarily the way in which we
expect or want it to be fulfilled.
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