a time of famine

In this portion of scripture we have some admonitions that I believe are worthy of visiting as we proceed through these volatile times-
1) the man of God, Elisha, warned the woman of the famine
2) the woman listened and acted on God’s word through Elisha
3) the woman was sustained during the time of the famine
4) after the famine had ended she requested that her life be restored and the Lord restored

And what may we glean from this passage: if we follow Him, and listen to His word of truth, and are faithful to respond to His leading and direction – the Lord will provide for His own during the time of famine. His remnant will be upheld. And after the famine has subsided the Lord will restore.
May we trust Him in this as we experience a famine in our land?



2 Kings 8:1-5
Now Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, "Arise and go with your household, and sojourn wherever you can sojourn; for theLORD has called for a famine, and it will even come on the land for seven years." 2 So the woman arose and did according to the word of the man of God, and she went with her household and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years. 3 At the end of seven years, the woman returned from the land of the Philistines; and she went out to appeal to the king for her house and for her field. 4 Now the king was talking with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, "Please relate to me all the great things that Elisha has done." 5 As he was relating to the king how he had restored to life the one who was dead, behold, the woman whose son he had restored to life appealed to the king for her house and for her field. And Gehazi said, "My lord, O king, this is the woman and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life. 6 When the king asked the woman, she related it to him. So the king appointed for her a certain officer, saying, "Restore all that was hers and all the produce of the field from the day that she left the land even until now."