15 When the servant of the man of God got up and went out early the next morning, an army with horses and chariots had surrounded the city. "Oh, my lord, what shall we do?" the servant asked 16 "Don't be afraid," the prophet answered. "Those who are with us are more than those who are with them. 17 And Elisha prayed, "O LORD, open his eyes so he may see." Then the LORD opened the servant's eyes, and he looked and saw the hills full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
So a few weeks ago at camp, Ken Freeman decided that as we were going around campus, one person should yell out "if God is for us" and everyone aroudn who could hear would respond "who can be against us?!" I'm honestly not one for yelling out in the middle of everything in a cadence form like that, but I did because of the meaning behind it.
Here's what's happened in this chapter - the Arameans were fighting against Israel and set up camp in a strategic yet random place. Elisha then went and told the Israelite king where they'd be. Obviously, this made the Aram king angry. So he sent spies to find Elisha and then surrounded the city with people. E's servant got all scared (as most people would) when he saw that they were surrounded by the enemy. E showed his servant that God was always with them and the enemy didn't have a chance. I imagine a cartoon where they keep saying 'you're surrounded' 'no you're surrounded' etc. Except, God always wins this one. How cool would it be to see that Chariots of fire are protecting you? When God's on our side, no matter where he takes us, who can be against us?
Whatever it takes,
Ryan Sandy
