2 Kings 7:5-7 - At dusk [four men with leprosy] got up and
went to the camp of the Arameans. When they reached the edge of the camp, no
one was there, for the Lord had caused the Arameans to hear the sound of
chariots and horses and a great army, so that they said to one another, “Look,
the king of Israel has hired the Hittite and Egyptian kings to attack us!” So
they got up and fled in the dusk and abandoned their tents and their horses and
donkeys. They left the camp as it was and ran for their lives.
The
Israelites in Samaria were in the midst of a famine as a result of the siege of
the Arameans. Some of the people began to resort to extreme measures to deal
with their hunger. At the Lord’s appointed time, He performed the above
recorded miracle and the Israelites were able to go into the land to take hold
of food and other provisions. 2 Kings 6 and 7 are very interesting (and
somewhat bizarre) chapters to read and I encourage you to do so. But for today,
I just wanted to encourage you again and remind you that the Lord our God is
able to do not just abundantly, but EXCEEDINGLY abundantly above all that we
ask or think. And because His ways are not our ways and His thoughts are not
our thoughts, sometimes these things happen in an inconceivable manner! But it
is a comfort and a joy to know that nothing is beyond His ability. Nothing is
too hard for God. There is nothing He cannot accomplish! And sometimes we get
to see these peculiar occurrences. How fun is that!?!?!
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