2 Kings 6:8-10

Reader! while you pay a just tribute of praise to the Lord of Elisha, for making him thus instrumental in the deliverance of Israel; shall not our minds be led to reflect how graciously our Jesus, by the sweet, but secret influences of his Spirit, saves us again and again from the stratagems of our great spiritual foe. Oh! who shall say how often, and to what extent this interposing grace and wisdom of our Jesus, is made the cause of numberless redemptions in times of danger, while we are unconscious of it! What a beautiful instance we have of this superintendence of the Lord, in the case of Hagar, Sarah's handmaid; and what a lovely evidence she gives of her faith in beholding it. She called the name of the Lord that spake unto her; Thou God seest me. Genesis 16:13. Reader! keep this in view. Never forget that Jesus is still same; always looking on, always ready to deliver. What a thought is that to refresh my soul! Jesus, my God, seeth me: he is always with me. He knows the path I take. He seeth the approach of every foe. Oh! for strength in the Lord, and in the power of his might!