Read the passage 2 Kings 7
1. God doesn’t forget the needs of His people.
Here his people were confined within the walls of the city because of the siege of
the enemy.
v.4 2. God may have His people shut in to Himself, but His supply is not shut in.
(…the host of the Syrians)
v.1 3. God’s word arrives on time. His people may not even be aware of it.
(Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord, tomorrow
about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two
measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.)
v.5- 4. God makes known His provision to His people. (sometimes in unanticipated
ways)
(And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: …v.8- they
went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment,
and went and hid it; …)
v.5- 5. God’s supply is most generous; His hand most mighty.
(v.6- For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, …
v.8- …)
v.9, 6. When God’s supply arrives it is a time of good tidings.
16 (Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good
tidings,…v.16-And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians.)
v.12 7. God is greater than the fears and doubts of His people; a lesson for His people to
learn.
(And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now show you
what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are
they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they
come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.)
v.6, 8. God is greater than the enemy of His people. Another lesson for His people to
learn.
15 (For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a
noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the King of
Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come
upon us.)
(And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments
and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste.)
v.16 9. God greatly increases the faith of His people by the grace and power of His
hand.
(And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians.)
v.16 10. God keeps the word of His choosing for the people of His choosing.
(So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for
a shekel, according to the word of the Lord.)
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