2 Kings 2:19-22 is a passage in the bible that I’ve read a few times in the past. As I’ve read it before, I’ve kind of thought, that’s a bit weird, and then not thought much more of it.
This time however, the thought, “It’s a Miracle”, just came to me.
With that thought in mind, shall we have a read of the passage in mind? (It’s not too long a read.)
2 Kings 2:19-22
Healing of the Water
19 The people of the city said to Elisha, “Look, our lord, this town is well situated, as you can see, but the water is bad and the land is unproductive.”
20 “Bring me a new bowl,” he said, “and put salt in it.” So they brought it to him.
21 Then he went out to the spring and threw the salt into it, saying, “This is what the Lord says: ‘I have healed this water. Never again will it cause death or make the land unproductive.’” 22 And the water has remained pure to this day, according to the word Elisha had spoken.
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It still looks a like a bit of a strange read to me, but it was also, a miracle!
As I dwelt on this passage, then further thoughts came to me. They go along the lines of, if we see the passage as an illustration of life, then how much more can we gain from it?
We can see from the start, that the land was unproductive. It was well situated, but the water was bad.
The people liked where they were, but, they were aware that all was not good.
Are there times where we can find ourselves in a similar situation?
We like where we are, but, we can know that things, just aren’t right?
That things could, or should be better?
In the bible passage, the people made the choice to bring the problem to God, by bringing it to Elisha.
19 The people of the city said to Elisha, “Look, our lord, this town is well situated, as you can see, but the water is bad and the land is unproductive.”
This looks to be a good choice, as it leads to a problem being overcome.
How do we deal with our problems that we have?
Will we bring them to, Our God, or will we try to solve them, all on our own?
Then Elisha, gave the people, some strange instructions.
20 “Bring me a new bowl,” he said, “and put salt in it.” So they brought it to him.
21 Then he went out to the spring and threw the salt into it, saying, “This is what the Lord says: ‘I have healed this water. Never again will it cause death or make the land unproductive.’”
There was a cost, to following, Elisha’s instructions.
A new bowl, with some salt, put into it, had a cost, that needed to be paid, by someone.
If we go to Our God, with our problems, and He then gives us instructions of what to do, will we then do them?
Even if they have a cost to them?
Even if they don’t make sense to us? (Salt being thrown into a water source, to make it clean???)
When we look at the location where Elisha went, we can see that he went to the source of the issue. Not to where the effects could be seen, but the source.
If we are given instructions for how to deal with the source of an issue, will we deal with it?
Or will we try to look at, and try to deal with the effects?
The end result of the people following Elisha’s instructions are…
22 And the water has remained pure to this day, according to the word Elisha had spoken.
As the title of this post first stated, “It was a Miracle!!!”
A land that was effectively barren, and filled with problems, became Good, and I dare say, Prosperous.
The benefits became a reality, because the people brought their problems to God (through Elisha). Then they followed the instructions that was given to them. As such, they saw a breakthrough, and then all the land benefited.
Will we be able to follow the lessons from this account, in the bible?
Wannabe Christian Doorman 