The Shunammite's Land Restored

  

 

 

2 Kings 8;1-6

 

September 9, 2021

 

 

The Shunammite's Land Restored

 Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, and depart with your household, and sojourn wherever you can, for the Lord has called for a famine, and it will come upon the land for seven years.”   So, the woman arose and did according to the word of the man of God. She went with her household and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years.   And at the end of the seven years, when the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, she went to appeal to the king for her house and her land.   Now the king was talking with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, “Tell me all the great things that Elisha has done.”   And while he was telling the king how Elisha had restored the dead to life, behold, the woman whose son he had restored to life appealed to the king for her house and her land. And Gehazi said, “My lord, O king, here is the woman, and here is her son whom Elisha restored to life.”   And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed an official for her, saying, “Restore all that was hers, together with all the produce of the fields from the day that she left the land until now.”

To me, this is not an account of the Shunammite’s land being restored, but the faith of a lady who has seen the God of heaven and earth do miracles through His man Elisha.  It is about belief without waiting, and God showing up when we do as He had said.

I often ask myself if this or that happens, would I have the faith to step out on the promises of my Lord and my God?  Jan and I got a very small test during the Corona Virus, I call it the pandemic of lies and fear, I am not saying it was not real, my sister almost die from it.  What I am saying is it was a man-made weapon that was sold to the public that unless they bow to unproven science they would die by the thousands,   Jan and I search for the promises of God and we believe that He would be our vaccine.  We have made our Father our resting place, and He has protected us and put His peace in our hearts.

One small test, I have no doubt in this life of good is bad and bad is good, there will be many others.

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice