2 Kings 6:17 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.
Have you ever been part of a bible study where you have heard the words, “I don’t see it.” Understanding does not have to be achieved for the truth to exist. This passage about Elisha is just that point. The young man didn’t see what Elisha saw. The point of the eyes of the young man seeing what Elisha saw was that the Lord is on your side and doing battle to protect you even if you do not see it.
Let me put it another way. The young man fell under the protection of the Lord even when he didn’t see it, when he had no knowledge of it. Elisha wanted to calm the fears of the young man. What would have happened if God’s answer to Elisha’s prayer had been, “No.” Would the protection have gone away just because the young man didn’t understand? No.
The eyes of understanding were opened, not because of prayer, not because of fear, not because it would change anything in that moment, they were opened according to the purpose of the will of God to reveal this one thing at this moment in time.
How do we respond to the will of God in asking for understanding and nothing comes? Do we allow it to shake our faith? Does it cast doubt? Can we find another way to look at the circumstances of the moment and seek His will rather than what we want?
Psalm 111:10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
Or in other words, you do not have to wait on a perfect understanding to walk by faith.
Crystal clear, dear brother. That should be great encouragement to us all. Thanks for this understandable message.
This is awesome! Fred’s devotion was a “string of pearls” so I am going to share this morning’s devotion from Norm Heibert’s GEMS: From: “Norman Hiebert”
Subject: Gems From My Reading -5672
Date: Wednesday, October 08, 2014 9:52 PM
“Be of good cheer.”
“The light of the body is the eye.”
(Luke 11:34)
Light is there, and the question is about the man’s eye.
If a man has bad eyes the light is painful.
So the Word to one who has not clear eyesight or the single eye.
This is a solemn Word, but if a person was converted only yesterday,
it might be true of him; he might be full of light.
It applies as much to the babe in Christ as to the grown man.
Where God is in the soul His light is seen.
“If any man walk in the day he stumbleth not” (John 11:9).
(J.N. Darby)
N.J. Hiebert – 5672 The “EYE” is the string that connects these 2 pearls. Thanks to the 3 of you for these beautiful PEARLS on my string for today. I LOVE how the Spirit of God works, and I had nothing to do with it.