Beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ, we come tonight to one of the longest episodes in the Elisha narratives. This episode contains its share of gruesome realities, juxtaposed with the comic tale of the four lepers and the ultimately happy ending in which God provides for Samaria and the doubter gets poetic justice. This story is a story for people who are suffering, for people who are in a bad situation, for people who would very much like to see happier circumstances and better days. It is a story that gives us reasons to wait for the Lord. Ultimately, those two reasons boil down to these: God will in fact work deliverance (though on His own schedule), and those who won’t trust Him will meet a bitter fate! Thus, this text ultimately urges us to wait for Yahweh’s deliverance. To the people of Iron Age Israel, it showed the delivering power of God. To the first audience for the completed book of Kings, it showed that suffering is temporary and that God will arise to save His people when He is ready. And in its place in the entire canon of Scripture, it shows us that deliverance comes through the Word of the Lord and trust is always the only proper response to God, no matter how bleak the situation seems.
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Caleb Nelson grew up in Ft. Collins, CO. Born into a Christian home, where he eventually became the eldest of 11 children, he has been a lifelong Presbyterian. He professed faith at the age of six, and was homeschooled through high school. He then attended Patrick Henry College...
