Two Ways God Protects Us from Our Own Folly

They cried out, “O man of God, there is death in the pot!” ... He said, “Then bring flour.” And he threw it into the pot… And there was no harm in the pot.

2 Kings 4:40–41

How can God’s work continue when His people make so many mistakes? God protects us from the worst effects of our own folly. How does He do this? Here are two ways.

1. Sometimes God protects us by His direct intervention
Flour does not neutralise poison. What happened here is like when Moses put a log into the b...