It shall be well =)

Saturday, October 27, 2018

Trusting God in Dark Days

by Dr. Paul Chappell

“And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out. And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again. And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.”

2 Kings 4:21–23

Elisha’s work and ministry was greatly helped by a godly couple who lived in Shunem. They prepared a special room in their home for the prophet to use as he traveled, and cared for him. In return, Elisha prayed, and God gave them a child, even though the husband was very old. But when the boy began to grow, he went out to the harvest fields with his father and suffered something like a sunstroke and died. The woman’s heart was broken, but she still believed that if she presented her case to Elisha, God would work through him. Thus she said to her husband, “It shall be well.”

This was a declaration of faith. Elisha’s predecessor, Elijah, had raised the son of the widow who fed him during the famine back to life, but we are not told whether she knew of that miracle or not. In either case, she believed God even on the worst day of her life. Her faith was not shaken by difficulty and trials. Charles Spurgeon said, “The richest blessing falls to the share of those simple minds who believe the word of God, even when surrounded with difficulty and unsupported by signs and evidences. The more childlike the faith the happier the heart.” Our faith in God is not built on circumstances but on His unchanging and unfailing Word.

Today’s Growth Principle: 

God is just as good and loving to us when things go badly as when they go well, and we can always trust Him.