2 Kings 7:1-11

I just finished reading this story in the Bible and I found it to be (in a word) AWESOME! God pulls through again! Here's the summary of the passage:

• Donkeys cost a pretty penny.
• Ladies are eating their sons.
• The king wants to kill Elisha.
• Elisha says that there will be food tomorrow and that it'll be dirt cheap.
• One officer doesn't think so.
• Elisha says that that guy will see the food, but won't eat any of it.
• God makes the Arameans, who are attacking the Samarians, see and hear things.
• The Arameans flip out and think that the Egyptian and Hittites are coming, and they run.
• Lepers decide to surrender to the Arameans.
• The lepers discover that the camp is empty and then they have a feast.
• Then they decide to tell everyone in the city about it.
• All around celebration and eating.
• Happy ending.

So here's what I found interesting.

These guys are lepers. Dirt poor, starving(like everyone else), and sick with a disease that eats away at your skin(kinda gross). No one is going to come near these guys. They figure that they are going to die( a reasonable assumption,because of their disease) and so their best bet is give up and surrender themseves to the Arameans. For a minute, replace the word 'leper' with the word 'Christian'. These lepers have no where else to go. Sometimes when people go to God they are at thier lowest point. The lepers surrendered, just like Christians have to do over and over again. (Trust me I know from personal experience.)Now they go to the camp no one is there. They eat up and drink. Now this could be compared to God blessing us after we surrender and follow him. But the lepers don't keep this to themselves they go in the middle of the night and spread the word. Just like we do or need to do with our faith. Cool how it lines up!