And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do? And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.
Most of the time when we wake up in morning even if we slept with worries we wake up fresh and ready to begin a new day because God created sleep to serve as a temporary comfort from our worries. Now imagine waking up to find out that there is a crowd of your enemies that is waiting outside of your doorstep to attack you. Well that’s what happened to Elisha and his servant. Unfortunately for us there is no right time or place for our enemy to attack. The devil uses every opportunity that he gets because he wants to attack when we least expect him too.
Elisha’s servant was afraid because of what he saw and he rushed back to inform his master of what was awaiting them. Obviously the servant had already lost the battle before it even began because we lose most of our battles just from our thoughts and fears. What Elisha’s servant forgot was that his master was serving a faithful God who gives hope, prosperity, power and everything else. That is why Elisha’s words were “Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them”. Even today if you are serving the one and the only true God I say to you “Fear not” because we have the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit and Gods army behind us. Fear not if you have abided in the Lord because you will come out victorious. (Deuteronomy 20: 3-4)
S. Mlilo
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