As the Arameans came down against him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, “Please strike these people with blindness.” So He struck them with blindness, according to the word of Elisha.When they came down to him, Elisha prayed to Yahweh, and said, “Please strike this people with blindness.” He struck them with blindness according to Elisha’s word.And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the Lord, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto Jehovah, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha.
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… Listen to what happened. When the Syrians came down against him, Elisha prayed to the Lord and said, please strike this people with blindness. So he struck them with blindness in accordance with the prayer of Elijah. Prayer matters. You pray, it's not just talking into the ceiling. You pray, God acts in response. God did what Elijah asked him to do 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 whom you seek. And he led them to Samaria. What happens in the rest of the story is Elisha leads the Syrian army straight to the king of Israel where the Syrian army is immediately captured. So here's the point. And here's why I share this as we look at Ephesians chapter 6. because God is telling us here in his word right now that we need new sight. We need to see things in this room and in this world that we can't see. …
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. …
… 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 then you go, man, it doesn't make sense that this is just Old Testament. I mean, as we keep reading the scriptures, it's not like God changes. …