A Rule-Breaking God

2/27/26 Bible Thought (2 Kings 4)

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Main Idea: The same God who created every natural law can bend or break them at His Sovereign will.

A Look at the Text:

In today’s text, the focus quickly shifts from national concerns to personal ones. However, one theme remains present: there was a God who was working through the prophet Elisha.

In just one chapter, we see a series of miracles, again proving the Lord’s faithfulness to give Elisha a double portion of Elijah’s spirit (see 2 Kings 2:9).

A prophet’s widow was given a jar of oil that lasted indefinitely, which helped her pay her debts and kept her sons free. An elderly woman was given a son. Then, when that son died, he was raised to life again. A group of prophets with poisonous stew was given a miraculous cure. Lastly, a few loaves of barley and ears of grain were used to feed 100 men.

Again and again, God proved that He was able to work miracles on behalf of His people and through His prophet. While miracles are not the norm and are by definition the exception rather than the rule, the same God who made every natural law in the creation can bend or break them in accordance with His sovereign will.

Bringing it Home:

Even more, let us see that this chapter shows us a God who is not only Almighty, but a God who is love. He is a God who is kind. He is generous to us, far beyond what we could ever merit.

The biblical scene quickly shifted from God’s care and provision for the armies of Israel and Judah to the household of a destitute widow.

This reminds us that we serve a God who is present. A God who cares. A God who provides. A God who can take a little and turn it into a lot.

The Lord Jesus once assured His disciples that the same God who feeds the birds and clothes the lily of the field would take care of them (see Matt. 6:25-34).

Through anxious worry, we cannot add even a mere hour to our lives (Matt. 6:27), yet we serve a God who can do all things and who likewise cares for us.

Let us then be confident that if we seek Him and His kingdom, we do not need to worry:

“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you” (Matt. 6:33).

As the hymn writer, Civilla Martin, has so famously put it: His eye is on the sparrow, and I know he watches me.

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Challenge:

Do I trust that the Sovereign God is never out of options and that He is likewise a God who cares?

Remember, the same God who made all the rules and natural laws in creation can likewise break them to work miracles.