OCTOBER 17, 2 Kings 4:32-37

Elisha was shocked at the twist of events. Didn’t God give the couple a son to be an heir? He found it hard to believe what he just heard. The son was still a child and God would not have raised their hope of an heir so high just to dash it to pieces. Our God is a gracious and loving God!

Elisha could not believe what the Shunammite woman had told him. So he sent his servant Gehazi to her house to verify her words. Could it be that the boy had just fainted and she in her anxiety mistook him to have died? Gehazi was sent to see if he could revive the boy with Elisha’s staff. Alas, he found that the woman was right - her son was indeed dead.

Gehazi reported back to Elisha who immediately set off to see the boy. Elisha went straight to his room. Once behind closed doors, he stayed by the boy’s side to pray. Then he lay over the boy, with his mouth, eyes and hands correspondingly over the boy’s mouth,eyes and hands.The cold body then started to warm up. Then Elisha continued praying, walking back and forth. What he did was repeated once and the boy began to stir and sneezed seven times. What a miracle!

With deep gratitude, his mother fell at Elisha’s feet. This time, out poured the joy and praise, for God had raised her son to life. News of the miracle must have spread like wild fire. But how many do you think turned away from their idols to worship the true and living God?

What could the mother do to show her gratitude to God?

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Thought: God can conquer even death!

Prayer: Heavenly Father, may Thy name be praised forever and ever. You are such a powerful God! In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.