“And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, why sit we here until we die? If we say, we will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die” (2 Kings 7:3-4)

They were leprous, kept outside the camp, now facing a famine and it seemed there was no hope. Yet, these words of these leprous men show us a resilient will to move ahead. Their words remind us of David’s words when he and his men saw their camp was looted, burned and their families taken as captives (1 Samuel 30:8). While his men lifted “up their voices and wept until they had no strength left to weep”, David encouraged himself and lifted his voice unto the Lord.

Like David, these leprous men looked for hope in their disfavoured state. Romans 5:5 says about hope: “And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.” God showed His gracious mercy, for when the lepers “rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there” (2 Kings 7:5).

So, we arise to seek and see God. He’s always ahead of us. Amen.

#goodmorning 🌷

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