See What You’re Missing | Part 1: More Than Meets The Eye

2 Kings 6:12 (NLT)

“It’s not us, my lord the king,” one of the officers replied. “Elisha, the prophet in Israel, tells the king of Israel even the words you speak in the privacy of your bedroom!”

2 Kings 6:14 (NLT)

So one night the king of Aram sent a great army with many chariots and horses to surround the city.

2 Kings 6:15 (NLT)

… There were troops, horses, and chariots everywhere. “Oh, sir, what will we do now?” the young man cried to Elisha.

NO ONE SEES EVERYTHING — AT FIRST!

QUESTION WHAT I

2 Kings 6:16 (NLT)

“Don’t be afraid!” Elisha told him. “For there are more on our side than on theirs!”

INTO WHAT I SEE

2 Kings 6:17 (NLT)

Then Elisha prayed, “O LORD, open his eyes and let him see!” The LORD opened the young man’s eyes, and when he looked up, he saw that the hillside around Elisha was filled with horses and chariots of fire.

WHATEVER IS SURROUNDING US

IS SURROUNDED BY HIM

TO WHAT I NOW SEE

HOW I SEE DETERMINES WHAT I SEE —

AND WHAT I SEE IMPACTS HOW I LIVE

2 Kings 6:20 (NLT)

“O LORD, now open their eyes and let them see!” So the LORD opened their eyes, and they discovered that they were in the middle of Samaria.

2 Kings 6:21 (NLT)

When the king of Israel saw them, he shouted to Elisha, “My father, should I kill them? Should I kill them?”

DIFFERENT SEEING — RESULTS IN — DIFFERENT DOING

2 Kings 6:23 (NLT)
So the king made a great feast for them and then sent them home to their master. After that, the Aramean raiders stayed away from the land of Israel.

Romans 12:19-21 (NLT)

       Dear friends, never take revenge. Leave that to the righteous anger of God … Instead, “If your enemies are hungry, feed them. If they are thirsty, give them something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals of shame on their heads.”

       Don’t let evil conquer you, but conquer evil by doing good.

GOD’S PART — HELPING ME SEE MORE

MY PART – RESPONDING BY BECOMING AND DOING MORE

THERE’S ALWAYS — MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE

TO GET MORE — WE NEED TO SEE MORE!