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Kings 4 is about the various ways God provides in difficult times.
First
we see a helpless woman, who just lost her husband and had two sons to support,
facing a creditor ready to exact payment, and had “nothing at all … except a
little oil” (v. 2). This widow was able to pay off her debt through faithfully following
Elisha’s word form the Lord (v.7)
Second,
we hear of a prominent Shunammite woman, who had no son and her husband old,
conceiving and bearing a child at the word of Elisha from the LORD (vv.16-17).
Later, once the child had grown, he died on his mother’s lap from some sort of
brain anurisum. However, he was brought back to life through the prayer of
Elisha to the LORD (vv.33-37).
Finally,
there was a great famine in the land of Gilgal and Elisha feed hundreds with 20
loaves of barley and some fresh ears of grain given to him by a man from
Baal-shalishah (V.42). At the word of the LORD, all were fed and they had left
over food (v.43).
Today’s
reading is simple, but profound: God cares for His people and can provide for
us abundantly.
The
Truth
“I will lift up my eyes to the
mountains; From where shall my help come? My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth.” (Psalm 121:1-2)
