Scripture Verse that Caught my attention today: 2 Kings 8:1 Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Get up and go with your household, and settle wherever you can; for the LORD has called for a famine, and it will come on the land for seven years.”
Observation: The woman received fair warning, but it was up to her to figure out how best to respond…and later we read that she apparently chose wisely.
Application: Wouldn’t it be nice if God just told us what to do all the time! Then we wouldn’t have to worry about whether or not we were doing the right thing in any given situation! Yeah, it sounds nice at first, but over time we wouldn’t like that either. I’ve noticed over the years that hardly anyone really likes to consistently be told what to do! It might be nice for a while, but eventually we long to do our own thing, make our own decisions, even live with our own consequences.
Better, I think, to be attune to one’s circumstances and then use whatever gifts we have been given to respond in ways that express our own measures of prudence, wisdom, faithfulness and trust in God’s ability to work through us for the greater scheme of things.
The woman in this passage was able to secure provision for herself and her son. Later she was able to return to her own land. Things don’t always work out so smoothly for people. But then again, sometimes they do.
Prayer: Lord, help me to use the gifts that you have given in response to the challenges you place before me. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
(readings included: 2 Kings 8-9, 2 Chronicles 21 and 1 Timothy 4)
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