II Ki 6:14-18
14 Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about.
15 And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
16 And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.
17 And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
18 And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
(KJV)
There is something that I once wondered about in this passage. Why was it so important to the prophet to let the servant see the Armies of the Lord? The prophet could see them They could do their work without the young man seeing them. But the prophet did ask God to show the armies to him and those armies were as real as the armies that surrounded the city. Let me give you the answer I hold for myself by faith in God. The young man was in fear for his life. The prophet showed him the army that was there to protect them. By doing that God took the fear out of the camp of the prophet.
My prayer to God this day is that He will open my eyes to more fully see the protection he has prepared for those who love him. Sure I pray that He will open the eyes of others but I have to make sure I see properly. I pray that he will open our eyes so we see the harvest fields that are white for the harvest. I hear people saying that the fields are white (ready) today. They are. They have been for nearly 2000 years. The church has neglected portions of the harvest. It was allowed to lay in the fields and spoil.
Truly the harvest is ripe but the labors are few. Too many have set in ivory towers on their laurels of honor while the harvest spoiled in the field. It has been that way for 2000 years. Nothing has changed. Let us see the need for those to go and labor in the fields. It can be anywhere. Let us see the risen Christ in his fullness. And let us see the Armies of the Lord are more than those who are against us. Let us no longer fear the 400,000 of the ACLU.
Let us see that the faith of our fathers is living still, in spite of dungeon fire and sword. Let us see the faith of our fathers can be strong in times that are good or bad. For that to happen we must have that faith of our fathers in our hearts. My religion is not old fashioned. It is still in vogue for any who will call on the Lord. It is real, genuine.
