The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in 2 Kings 3:13,
"Elisha said to the king of Israel, 'Why do you want to involve me? Go to the prophets of your father and the prophets of your mother.'"
Three kings set out to destroy the king of Moab because he had rebelled against King Joram of the northern ten tribes of Israel. Moab had been paying a tribute to Israel, but when Joram ascended the throne of Israel, the king of Moab, Mesha, stopped the payments. Joram secured the aid of Judah's king, Jehoshaphat, and the king of Edom to rectify this.
As the three kings with their armies set out to attack the King of Moab, they ran out of water and found themselves in such a predicament they despaired of their lives. "Has the Lord called us three kings together only to deliver us into the hands of Moab?" In the midst of this catastrophe they decided to inquire of the Lord.
When the three kings approached the true prophet Elisha to seek the Lord for them, these are the words Elisha responded with. His point is a truth that has remained with mankind over the millenia. When the chips are down, all the nonsense mankind invents for himself to remove the Lord from his mind gets swept away. In this case, Elisha pointed to the false prophets of the idols Joram's parents, as well as Joram himself, employed. Desperation has a way of bringing clarity, it has a way of snapping us all back to reality. It is when we find ourselves in a real fix, the Lord becomes a priority in our lives. With those "fox hole conversions" often the reasons anyone has to reject the Lord become quite unimportant when danger advances.
Elisha responded in a way to communicate the truth. Since the king of the northern ten tribes followed his idols, just look to those idols... see how that works for ya! Joram's idols were cast aside in that moment of despair.
At times the Lord brings us all to our knees in a time of desperation to help us find our deliverance in him. He is our Savior. He is our refuge in times of trouble. He is the only One that can deliver us from his own wrath for the sin in our lives. In his love, he draws us to himself and sometimes that is not so comfortable.
Since only God can deliver us, and because it often takes a serious desperation to prompt us to seek him, expect a healthy dose of desperation to come… these times are certainly headed our way.
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just respond and let me know.
Trevor Fisk
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"Elisha said to the king of Israel, 'Why do you want to involve me? Go to the prophets of your father and the prophets of your mother.'"
Three kings set out to destroy the king of Moab because he had rebelled against King Joram of the northern ten tribes of Israel. Moab had been paying a tribute to Israel, but when Joram ascended the throne of Israel, the king of Moab, Mesha, stopped the payments. Joram secured the aid of Judah's king, Jehoshaphat, and the king of Edom to rectify this.
As the three kings with their armies set out to attack the King of Moab, they ran out of water and found themselves in such a predicament they despaired of their lives. "Has the Lord called us three kings together only to deliver us into the hands of Moab?" In the midst of this catastrophe they decided to inquire of the Lord.
When the three kings approached the true prophet Elisha to seek the Lord for them, these are the words Elisha responded with. His point is a truth that has remained with mankind over the millenia. When the chips are down, all the nonsense mankind invents for himself to remove the Lord from his mind gets swept away. In this case, Elisha pointed to the false prophets of the idols Joram's parents, as well as Joram himself, employed. Desperation has a way of bringing clarity, it has a way of snapping us all back to reality. It is when we find ourselves in a real fix, the Lord becomes a priority in our lives. With those "fox hole conversions" often the reasons anyone has to reject the Lord become quite unimportant when danger advances.
Elisha responded in a way to communicate the truth. Since the king of the northern ten tribes followed his idols, just look to those idols... see how that works for ya! Joram's idols were cast aside in that moment of despair.
At times the Lord brings us all to our knees in a time of desperation to help us find our deliverance in him. He is our Savior. He is our refuge in times of trouble. He is the only One that can deliver us from his own wrath for the sin in our lives. In his love, he draws us to himself and sometimes that is not so comfortable.
Since only God can deliver us, and because it often takes a serious desperation to prompt us to seek him, expect a healthy dose of desperation to come… these times are certainly headed our way.
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just respond and let me know.
Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
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