Then Elisha prayed, “O LORD, please open his eyes that he may see.” And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw that the hills were full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.Elisha prayed, and said, “Yahweh, please open his eyes, that he may see.” Yahweh opened the young man’s eyes, and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire around Elisha.And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.And Elisha prayed, and said, Jehovah, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And Jehovah opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
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And if you would allow me to, I want to spend some time talking about some of the barriers that keep us from reflecting God's image. I am in 2 Kings chapter 6, verses 16 through 22. This is, for those of you who like to take notes, I've titled this, Trust What You See. Trust What You See. but I'll be honest God has shown me so much in this text that I'm going to have to trust what I see and hopefully I can translate it into truths that meet you where you are in this season of your life. Can you do me a favor and turn to your person because I would just say you look good you smell good I'm glad you're here in the house of the Lord and then it's a little old school, but just say, God bless you. Not like one of those Texas God bless yous, but like really, I don't know what you're going through, but I pray that God blesses you, that God gives you strength and wisdom and courage, that you feel the love of God and peace of God in everything that you do. …
… 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. …
… 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 in this moment, Elisha's servant got a glimpse of the spiritual world and realized that the Syrian army was indeed outnumbered, not physically, but spiritually. And in this moment, when the invisible became visible, everything changed. Listen to what happens next. When the Syrians came down against him, Elisha prayed to the Lord and said, please strike this people with blindness. So the Lord struck them with blindness in accordance with the prayer of Elisha. And Elisha said to them, this is not the way. This is not the city. Follow me and I will bring you to the man to whom you seek. And he led them to Samaria. He led them straight to Samaria to be captured by the king of Israel there. How did that happen? …
Elisha prayed in verse 17 of chapter 6 and said, O 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. And when the Syrians came down against him, Elisha prayed to the Lord and says, please strike this people with blindness. So he struck them with blindness in accordance to the prayer of Elisha. Okay, listen to this stuff. These are people. These are people like you. Everyone that's listening, you, me, these are human beings, Elijah and Elisha. And here Elisha is praying, saying, God, open the eyes of my servant. And suddenly the servant sees this whole world, this whole existence. of these horses and these chariots of fire. Like, what is that? And then he says to God, God, would you please strike this army with blindness? And then God does it. He strikes these people with blindness. I mean, this type of power. …
… And he answered, fear not, for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. And Elisha prayed and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, not his physical eyes, but his spiritual eyes. And he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha. Now the enemy had his soldiers. God had his soldiers. And the point that I want to make is this, that when you're afraid and when the devil intimidates you and blusters against you, you need to understand that the angel of the Lord encamps round about those that fear him. And what we need to do when we're afraid is to say, Lord, open my eyes. Help me to see, Lord, that you are with me. So many times we're in danger and may not even know it. So many times God may send an angel escort to pick us up, to take us and take care of us. …