God’s Faithful Servants Sometimes Suffer Greatly

Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha…

2 Kings 4:1

Many Christians are familiar with the story of Elijah the prophet, but fewer know the story of Elisha the prophet. Elijah is the better known of the two, but God’s people enjoyed more blessing in the days of Elisha than they ever did in the days of Elijah.

Taken as a whole, the stories about Elisha say to us, “Look at who God is! Look at what He has done! Look at what He will do! Believ...