I know I've said this a few times but I sure hope there is a movie theatre in Heaven where we can sit down and watch Bible Stories as they happened. 'Twould be amazing!
One such story that I would LOVE to see unfold is found in II Kings 6. Let me share it with you!
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The king of Aram decides to wage war on the king of Israel.
King A strategically plans how he will attack King I and send his troops in. But by the time the troops get to this place, the Israelites are gone. So they turn around to march back to their campsite to inform King A.
Not to be discouraged, King A goes back to the strategy table with his advisor and plans their next move. They get input from their spies on where the Israelites moved to and their excitement builds. The call to attack occurs and the troops march off.
However, once they get to the second place, the Israelites are once again gone...talk about deja vu! So they walk back to their campsite rightfully afraid of King A's reaction. Infuriated, King A demands his spies to explain what happen. They humbly hold fast to their initial reports of the Israelites location just days ago. So King A sends them out again.
Once they return, assured of the Israelites whereabouts, King A implements his third plan of attack. The soldiers and their chariots move out, making the third trek and are dismayed to find the Israelites have eluded them once again.
Enraged, King A demands his officers to tell him what is going on. How are the Israelites finding out when and from where his people are going to attack? Was one of his trusted men a traitor, an Israelite spy?? One of his officers steps forward, fearfully hoping that by doing so he doesn't get killed, and informs the king that a man of God is telling King I when King A will attack and from which direction. This man of God is how they keep missing the Israelites.
So logic says...hunt down and take out the man of God first and then we can destroy the Israelites! And that is what King A's soldiers set off to do. The find where the man of God is located and circle the city around his house, at nighttime, preparing to attack.
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The sun rises and peaks over the horizon. Pretty soon the city will be awake and alive with activity. But Elisha is already up! He awoke an hour ago to prayerfully start his day in presence of Yahweh. He could hear his servant moving about in the main room of the house, undoubtedly getting breakfast started. But the muted sounds would not distract his daily routine of prayer, beseeching the ever faithful Yahweh for His counsel and wisdom. Elisha knew that Yahweh was capable of anything and the Savior of any who follow and obey Him. How many times had Elisha witnessed that very salvation, of individuals and of nations?
As his prayers ended with the sun was rising, Elisha got up and left his bedroom. The servant quickly offered to get Elisha some water and moved to pick up their water jar to fill it up at the well outside. The servant opened the jar, saw the horizon and trembled in horror. There, framing the hillside, was row after row of their enemy soldiers, with spears and swords in hand and he knew they were after his master Elisha. Elisha turned towards the door when the servant began questioning, with fear and tears in his voice, what they would possibly do. Elisha moved to his doorway and saw the enemy lines, as if assessing the threat, before calmly turning to his servant to say, "do not be afraid. Those who are with us are more than those who are with them."
"WHAT??? DO NOT BE AFRAID??? WE ARE GOING TO DIE AND PROBABLY SLOWLY TORTURED FIRST! AND YOU WANT ME TO NOT BE AFRAID???
THOSE WHO ARE WITH US??? DO YOU SEE ANYONE ELSE IN THIS HOUSE BESIDES YOU AND ME?? IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TOWNSPEOPLE, WE ARE STILL GREATLY OUTNUMBERED...SO WHAT YOU COULD YOU POSSIBLY MEAN???"
Elisha take a deep calm breath, holding back the knowing smile that threatens to break through, and simply prays. He prays that his servants eyes would be open.
And all of a sudden, the servant felt like what could only be described as a veil being lifted, and much to his astonishment, he saw those who were with him and Elisha. There, in between the soldiers and the town, was another army; row after row after row of soldiers, horses, and chariots all made fire! The fire army numerically far surpassed King A's army. The servant immediately knew that Yahweh was saving them once again.
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The story continues but I'll stop here. It's rather quite a wonderful story. I would love to see that fire army! And to see Elisha's confidence in the salvation of God! Anyhow, I hope you've enjoy my little elaborated narrative. What Bible story would you like to see on the Heavenly big screen?
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