But one of his servants replied, “No one, my lord the king. For Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel the very words you speak in your bedroom.”One of his servants said, “No, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom.”And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.And one of his servants said, Nay, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
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So the servant is panicked, so he wakes up Elisha and says, what are we gonna do? We're surrounded right now. And Elisha said, do not be afraid, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them. Huh. He says, there's more of us than there is of them. Now, you put yourself in the servant's shoes, you're like, there's two of us. And there's a whole army with horses and chariots. Like, if you're Elisha's servant, you're thinking, the old guy's lost his mind. Like, he may be a prophet, but he's no mathematician. Like, there's two of us and a whole lot of them. Then listen to what happens. Verse 17. Then Elisha prayed and said, Oh, Lord, please open his eyes that he may see. So the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw. And behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. So Elisha prays, God, help him to see what he can't see. …
don't be afraid because it cannot sink you if it surrounds you. It can only sink you if it submerges you. So regardless of what you see with your senses, don't be afraid. Those who are with us are more than those who are with them. Isn't that good? And Elisha prayed, And Elisha prayed, open his eyes, Lord, so that 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. One more verse from Romans 8, 18, King James Version, please on the screen. For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. For I reckon, I thought about it a little while. I did the math on it. I added and subtracted and multiplied and divided. I sat down with my situation and I reckon that the sufferings of this present time, what I'm going through right now on the outside. I reckon that that is not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in me. Now let me give you my title. Turn to your neighbor and say, I know it's crazy, but keep it in context. Keep it in context. Keep it in context. …
He didn't know that the prophet, the man of God, had been warning the king of Israel. And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king, but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber. You talk about a leak. There was one here because Elisha was tuned into heaven to an unseen world. So he said, go and spy where he is that I may send and fetch him. That is, I'm going to put him under arrest. And it was told him saying, behold, he is in Dothan. Therefore sent he thither horses and chariots and a great host. Now here's one little preacher out there and he's sending a whole army after him. And they came by night and compassed the city about. Now they want this man of God and so they have cordoned around the city with horses and chariots and soldiers. And when the servant of the man of God was risen early and gone forth, behold, and host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master, how shall we do? …