2 Kings 3:4-6 CSB – King Mesha of Moab was a sheep breeder. He used to pay the king of Israel one hundred thousand lambs and the wool of one hundred thousand rams, 5 but when Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. 6 So King Joram marched out from Samaria at that time and mobilized all Israel.
2 Kings 3:7a CSB – Then he sent a message to King Jehoshaphat of Judah: “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?”
2 Kings 3:7b CSB – Jehoshaphat said, ““I will go. I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”
2 Kings 3:9-10 CSB – So the king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom set out. After they had traveled their indirect route for seven days, they had no water for the army or the animals with them. 10 Then the king of Israel said, “Oh no, the Lord has summoned these three kings, only to hand them over to Moab.”
2 Kings 3:11a CSB – But Jehoshaphat said, “Isn’t there a prophet of the Lord here? Let’s inquire of the Lord through him.”
2 Kings 3:11b CSB – One of the servants of the king of Israel answered, “Elisha son of Shaphat, who used to pour water on Elijah’s hands, is here.”
2 Kings 3:12 CSB – Jehoshaphat affirmed, “The word of the Lord is with him.” So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went to him.
2 Kings 3:13a CSB – However, Elisha said to King Joram of Israel, “What do we have in common? Go to the prophets of your father and your mother!”
2 Kings 3:13b CSB – But the king of Israel replied, “No, because it is the Lord who has summoned these three kings to hand them over to Moab.”
2 Kings 3:14 CSB – Elisha responded, “By the life of the Lord of Armies, before whom I stand: If I did not have respect for King Jehoshaphat of Judah, I wouldn’t look at you; I would not take notice of you.”
2 Kings 3:15 CSB – “Now, bring me a musician.”
2 Kings 3:16-17 CSB – Then he said, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Dig ditch after ditch in this wadi.’ 17 For the Lord says, ‘You will not see wind or rain, but the wadi will be filled with water, and you will drink—you and your cattle and your animals.’
Radical faith requires action before seeing results.
Malachi 3:10 CSB – Bring the full tenth into the storehouse so that there may be food in my house. Test me in this way,” says the Lord of Armies. “See if I will not open the floodgates of heaven and pour out a blessing for you without measure.
Acts 20:35b CSB – “It is more blessed to give than to receive.”
2 Kings 3:20 CSB – About the time for the grain offering the next morning, water suddenly came from the direction of Edom and filled the land.
Do you need God to provide for you? Dig a ditch!
Opportunity is missed by most people because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work.– Thomas A. Edison
