The Foolish Officer - Ruminating in the Word of God

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 7:2b,

"'You will see it with your own eyes,' answered Elisha, 'but you will not eat any of it!'"

This was the response from Elisha to the King's officer who expressed his doubt about the Lord's ability to relieve Samaria of the desperate condition of starvation within Samaria as the Arameans laid siege to the city.

The expressed lack of faith in the Lord was this officer's response to the prophetic word given Elisha when he communicated it to the king of Israel.

The prophet said the Lord would deliver the city and this officer didn't believe it. Consequently, Elisha told the officer that in spite of the rescue to come to the city, the officer himself would not share in it - he would be killed. And, that is exactly what had happened. When the deliverance came, he did not share in it but was killed.

I am reminded of those today who do likewise. Doubting the rescue the Lord himself promises, many today reject the words of the prophets as contained in the gospel message. Not only do they reject the notion of the Lord's ability to save, they fail to even recognize their own spiritual starvation that will ultimately lead to their deaths!

Woe to the man who doubts the Lord's ability to save!

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