The Audacity of #Divine Interventions

                                                        
Droughts are the second most devastating and costly weather events, after hurricanes.

Lack of sufficient precipitation, whether rain or snow, can result in lessened stream flow, crop damage, decreased soil moisture or groundwater, as well as general water scarcity.

Today's post is about this miracle mentioned in 2 Kings and is based on the KJV #Biblestudy, and teaches us an important truth: What do we need to do to receive a blessing of a miracle. 

The verse says, "Thus saith the Lord, Make this valley full of ditches. For thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye and your cattle, and your beasts". — 2 Kings 3:16,17. Can you imagine such a scenario, where out of nothing, water will magically fill the trenches? 

The armies of the three kings were famishing for want of water: #God was about to send it, and in these words the prophet announced the coming blessing. Here was complete human helplessness: not a drop of water could all the valiant men procure from the skies or find in the wells of earth. Still the people were to make a believing preparation for the divine blessing; there was no sign of water, but they were to dig the trenches for the water! What audacity!

They needed to get "ready" to be blessed. A similar miracle is recorded in 2 Kings 4, Ver 1-7, about Elisha and the oil jars of the widow. 

In both examples, while God would perform the miracle the beneficiaries needed to do things to receive them. If water could be produced out of nothing, so could the ditches and trenches. If Oil had to magically appear, why could not the oil jars? But they people needed to demonstrate their own #Faith. 

We must, by our varied agencies, efforts, and #prayers, make ourselves ready to be blessed; In an outward expression of faith, we must make the pools, and the Lord will fill them. This must be done in the full assurance that the blessing is about to descend. The problem is when we ask for a cure (of a problem) we do not leave the solution to God. 

The #Lord has his own sovereign modes of action: he is not tied to manner and time as we are but does as he pleases among us. It is ours thankfully to receive from him, and not to dictate to him the form, manner and time. In the quoted verse, we must also notice the remarkable abundance of the supply—there was enough for the need of all. 

If you are waiting for a blessing today, stop telling God what to do but   ask Him: What are the trenches He wants you to dig?