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Psalm 119:130 says, "The en- see!" The LORD opened the young
trance of Your words gives light. It man's eyes, and when he looked up, he
gives understanding to the simple." saw that the hillside around Elisha was
filled with horses and chariots of fire."
Far too often we tend to look at Only moments before, when looking at
our circumstances with distorted vision. the situation from a human standpoint,
But if we could see those same circum- the servant could see nothing but doom
stances with God's vision, we'd see and defeat. But when he saw that same
things quite differently. situation through God's eyes, it was a
totally different story!
In 2 Kings, Elisha would warn Je- The idea of spiritual sight is so impor-
horam, Israel's 9th king, of the king of tant, Paul alludes to it in 2 Corinthians
Syria's plans to attack. Elisha had such 4:3,4, where he says, "But even if our
a powerful line of communication with gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who
God, that he was referred to as, "the are perishing, whose minds the god of
prophet who is in Israel, telling the king this age has blinded, who do not be-
of Israel the words that you (the king of lieve, lest the light of the gospel of the
Syria) speak in your bedroom." So in glory of Christ, who is the image of God,
an effort to stop Elisha, the king of Syria should shine on them." What is the
sent "horses and chariots and a great gospel? It's the Good News of Jesus
army, and they came by night and sur- Christ, and everything He makes avail-
rounded the city." able to us through salvation. And Satan
does everything he can to keep us
We're told that when Elisha's ser- blinded to all that's accessible to us, be-
vent woke up, he saw the city sur- cause he knows that once our eyes are
rounded by the army, horses and chari- open, we can do great things!
ots. He asked Elisha, "What shall we
do?" Obviously, he was just a little pan- So...what's YOUR story? Do you
icked. see your situation as though you're sur-
2 Kings 6:17 Then Elisha prayed,
"O LORD, open his eyes and let him
