Title: Passing The Torch / Topic: Revelation

Today’s Reading: 2 Kings 6; 2 Kings 7; 2 Chronicles 20; 1 Timothy 3

Scripture: 2 Kings 6:15-17
15 When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early the next morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. "Oh, my lord, what shall we do?" the servant asked.
16 "Don't be afraid," the prophet answered. "Those who are with us are more than those who are with them."
17 And Elisha prayed, "O LORD, open his eyes so he may see." Then the LORD opened the servant's eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

Observation: Elisha's servant awakens to a shock. Overnight, the enemy king's intelligence has pinpointed Elisha's location and he has moved his army into position surrounding the city to capture him. Imagine waking up and glancing out the window only to see a military assault force. I'd be shocked too. So he goes to Elisha, "What are we going to do?"

But Elisha knows something that the servant does not. Elisha has had a previous experience that showed him Invisible Forces that fought for Israel. Whether Elisha can actually see them, or whether he can't, Elisha knows they are there. And he longs to have his servant experience the same revelation that will give him the same kind of faith and boldness that Elisha possesses. So Elisha prays and his servant sees "the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha."

We are not told what the servant said, but he could very well have said the same words that Elisha spoke when he had his own revelation: "My father! My father! The chariots and horsemen of Israel!" Now Elisha's servant is ready to step up in the same way as Elijah's servant (Elisha) stepped up after being made ready with his own revelation.

Application: Our Lord is powerful and has amazing resources that most of us never see and few truly experience. Previous generations have seen many great miracles of God.

For example, I have spoken to some believers, old men and women now, who as children watched as a long row of ambulances was backed up to the entrance of Angeles Temple in Los Angeles, where Aimee Semple McPherson was conducting healing services. These old saints shared with me how the ambulances would depart empty, their sick, diseased, or maimed passengers having received a miracle of healing no longer needing their transportation! These folks saw the miracles with their own eyes and that revelation filled them with faith.

Now it is time for a new generation to receive this revelation.

Prayer: Lord, how we long to see Your mighty chariots of fire! I ask that You would open our eyes to see the mighty array of Your heavenly hosts that stand at the ready to do battle on our behalf. Our faith is real but needs a heavenly boost! Please allow us to have the kind of revelation that brings unwavering boldness in doing the work of the Kingdom of God.
This I pray in Jesus’ name, Amen.