APRIL 9 2 KINGS 4-8

2 Kings 4-8

If there were any doubts about whether or not Elisha would match Elijah in spiritual power, these chapters should dispel them! 

Elisha multiplies a prophet’s widow’s oil, as Jesus multiplied the loaves and fish, so that she and her children might live!
He prophesies that a wealthy, but barren, Shunammite woman would have a son, just as the angel had prophesied that Sarah would have a son.

He raises the Shunammite’s son from the dead, as Jesus raised people from the dead.

He purifies a poisoned stew, as Moses had purified bitter waters.

He heals Naaman, a Syrian general, of leprosy, and teaches him humility, at the same time.

He sees to it that Naaman’s leprosy clings to his greedy servant, Gehazi, who had tried to collect payment from Naaman for his healing.

He makes an axe-head float; who else has done such a thing?

He prays and asks God to open the eyes of his new servant, so that he could see the “chariots of fire” and the army of God poised to fight Ben-Hadad, the king of Syria.

He prophesies the flight of the Syrian army.

Elisha was no second fiddle!

Until Tomorrow,
Pastor Gary