2Ki 3:11 | KingComments | STEP | The three kings set off together. Then something happened that they haven't taken into account at all: after seven days there was a lack of water. If a believer goes out with unbelievers, this can only lead to a lack. God cannot give a blessing in this way. Jehoram reproached the LORD about this. He never took God into account, but when things went wrong, he blamed God. That’s how many people are today. Without water it is impossible to overcome Moab, the flesh. This is the situation in which the greater part of Christianity, i.e. the professing church, finds itself. They try to bring into subjection all kinds of expressions of the flesh that cause destruction. Without the water of God’s Word, however, that is impossible. Then it turned out that Jehoshaphat was a believer and thus distinguished himself from Jehoram. He asked for a prophet of the LORD. Jehoram did not answer him; but one of his servants, one of the common people does. Jehoram himself apparently did not know of a prophet of the LORD. The servant referred to Elisha who apparently had gone with the army. The LORD will have made it clear to Elisha to join them. Jehoshaphat knew him and that the word of the LORD was with him. The three kings go to him. Elisha hadn’t been a target of kings, like Elijah. It was because their fate depended on him, that they come to him. We see that here, Elisha was not called upon to appear before those men. It was the other way around; the great men of the earth went to the man of God.

‏ 2 Kings 3:11

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The three kings set off together. Then something happened that they haven't taken into account at all: after seven days there was a lack of water. If a believer goes out with unbelievers, this can only lead to a lack. God cannot give a blessing in this way.

Jehoram reproached the LORD about this. He never took God into account, but when things went wrong, he blamed God. That’s how many people are today. Without water it is impossible to overcome Moab, the flesh. This is the situation in which the greater part of Christianity, i.e. the professing church, finds itself. They try to bring into subjection all kinds of expressions of the flesh that cause destruction. Without the water of God’s Word, however, that is impossible.

Then it turned out that Jehoshaphat was a believer and thus distinguished himself from Jehoram. He asked for a prophet of the LORD. Jehoram did not answer him; but one of his servants, one of the common people does. Jehoram himself apparently did not know of a prophet of the LORD. The servant referred to Elisha who apparently had gone with the army. The LORD will have made it clear to Elisha to join them.

Jehoshaphat knew him and that the word of the LORD was with him. The three kings go to him. Elisha hadn’t been a target of kings, like Elijah. It was because their fate depended on him, that they come to him. We see that here, Elisha was not called upon to appear before those men. It was the other way around; the great men of the earth went to the man of God.