I've been chewing on the story of 2 Kings 3 all week.
Rich encouragement for church leaders everywhere:
Verse 7: "Will you go with me to battle against Moab?” And he said, “I will go. I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”
Two are stronger than one. And having fellow leaders and friends who have your back as you walk into battle is priceless. This story is about three godly leaders uniting to do something big together.
Verse 8: Then he said, “By which way shall we march?”
Jehoram answered, “By the way of the wilderness of Edom.”
You see this over and over again throughout Scripture. God takes His leaders through the exposed wilderness, not the easy, happy-dappy, cushy route. Think Moses in the desert, Daniel and the cage of lions, Jesus and the wilderness...
Verse 9: There was no water for the army
or for the animals that followed them.
Water = Life. No water, no life. Humans have zero ability to create either. Only God can provide both.
Verses 16-18: “Thus says the Lord, ‘I will make this dry streambed full of pools.’ For thus says the Lord, ‘You shall not see wind or rain, but that streambed shall be filled with water, so that you shall drink, you, your livestock, and your animals.’ This is a light thing in the sight of the Lord. He will also give the Moabites into your hand..."
God leads us into desperate places so that we will become desperate for Him! God's Spirit purposefully leads us into God-sized situations so that we might experience God-sized solutions!
No water? No battle strategy? Perfect! God's got it!
Your heavy is God's easy!
In the middle of a dry, sandy desert with no weather forecast for rain?
No problem, because Jesus plus nothing equals EVERYTHING!
I love how Elisha nails God's point to the three kings: "This is a LIGHT thing in the sight of the Lord." While you and I might be sweating bullets with stomachs twisted in knots as we face the impossible, the Lord of hosts doesn't even have to lift a finger to save the day.
Christ is mightier than your momentary problem...
and He is FOR you, not against you!
Your impossibility is a LIGHT thing in God's gaze!
Why wouldn't you run to your Father for help?
