Contemplative Bible Reading

2 Kings 6:8-9 (New Living Translation)

⁸ When the king of Aram was at war with Israel, he would confer with his officers and say, “We will mobilize our forces at such and such a place.”

⁹ But immediately Elisha, the man of God, would warn the king of Israel, “Do not go near that place, for the Arameans are planning to mobilize their troops there.” ¹⁰ So the king of Israel would send word to the place indicated by the man of God. Time and again Elisha warned the king, so that he would be on the alert there.

¹¹ The king of Aram became very upset over this. He called his officers together and demanded, “Which of you is the traitor? Who has been informing the king of Israel of my plans?”

Miracles. The spirit of God working through prophets. Amazing stuff.

This is what I believe happened. God knew the thoughts of the King of Aram (God knows all our thoughts.). God told the prophet Elisha these thoughts. Elisha passed this military intelligence to the King of Israel. Elisha was the perfect spy through the spirit of God.

This all sounds far fetched, silly, just impossible. Yet, God is the God of the impossible. He works in the works of men to His end.

Sometimes we sit back and wonder how someone knew that something would happen. Was it God telling them? In our post (post(post)) modern world, we don’t think this way. Yet, God seems to work this way regardless of our human thoughts.