Seek God for the City - Day 18:

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We are continuing to Seek God for the City, following this great plan laid out by Waymakers.  Our new weekly focus is: spiritual awakening of lost and broken people.  Under that umbrella, we are seeking God this week on behalf of Asia and the Pacific. Today, we are seeking God on behalf of the poor, and asking Him to be praised by those who were lost.

"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.  “Don’t be afraid,” the prophet answered. “Those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”  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."  2 Kings 6:15-18

Elisha's servant looked up with earthly eyes and saw that they were surrounded. This is not necessarily a lack of faith, but the very human response to a human problem,  But he was with Elisha, "the  man of God" and they were where God had sent them.  When, what appeared to be, overwhelming odds bore down upon them, the truth of God's help, the truth of God's presence, the truth was revealed.


The servant's eyes, unaided by God, were unable to really see.  The same is true for us.  And the enemy will whisper lies into your ears that what you see is all there is.


But there is a view, a vision, better than what our eyes see alone.


We can often find ourselves in huge messes by our own lack of righteousness and our own disobedience.  God's help is available then too, but that is a topic for another day.  However, if we are living obediently, doing what God calls us to do, saying what He tells us to say, and going where He sends us, and we find ourselves surrounded by the overwhelming hordes we need to ask God to open our eyes...


...so that we may see the truth of His help...


...so that we may see the truth of His presence...


...so that we may see the truth.


Seek.


Find.


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