2 Kings 6 Commentary
Purpose is important. If the purpose of a miracle is increased publicity, increased church income, increased visibility, and increased social media rankings, so the result shall be. These headliner miracles would immediately translate into mega-church structures and chart-topping social media rankings. But here the purpose is different and so is the outcome.
An axe head floats and the borrowed axe can be returned safely to its owner. The borrower had worried about telling stories to the lender. The miracle helped the prophet meet a righteousness need! This need had arisen spontaneously in the Assembly of God’s people. No seed was planted for this miracle or indeed any others that we have looked at so far.
“Don’t be afraid. Those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” This seems to be the main point from the second set of miracles. It starts with the opening of eyes for Elisha’s servants. How the church needs this miracle in a time of increased fear and uncertainty!
Peace only comes when the LORD opens one’s eyes to the realities of His presence. At this point, the saint fears nothing. Those around you would be shocked at how well you sleep right in the midst of a storm!
Again, we can see the end result of the second set of miracles: Righteousness and peace. The worried saint can sleep like a baby! The nation is saved from both an immediate attack as well as a future attack. There is more. We can see how the nation is happily basking in the blessings of the presence of the LORD through the prophet Elisha. It translates into national security.
The relationship between the king of Israel and the church was great at this moment. Yes, great until a shocking incident of two women wanting to eat their second child. The enraged king thought this abomination should not happen in the world of Elisha’s God. And he was right. But he wasn’t right in wanting to kill the prophet. Neither are humans today right in placing the blame on the LORD for all kinds of difficulties which they, themselves, have manufactured.
The king wanted to kill Elisha because Elisha’s God caused trouble for them, or Elisha’s God decided to stay out of the problem by doing nothing. But he was wrong! It was extreme foolishness! But he wasn’t the only one acting foolishly. The king of Aram thought he could capture a man who knew “the very words you speak in your bedroom”. Interesting foolishness!
How humans start battles they cannot win!
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