2 Kings 7:3 (KJV)
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?
Times were terrible in Israel. The city of Samaria was under siege. Things were so desperate that mothers were talking about boiling babies. There was no food and no good water. Most of their animals had already been killed. The enemy outside was strong and growing stronger, while those inside were weak and getting weaker. The king had no idea what to do.
Times were terrible.
But as terrible as it was for the people of Israel inside the city, there was another group whose situation was worse still. There were these four lepers (there could have been more, but these four take up the spotlight for the moment).
Leprosy would have left them homeless, family-less, and, except for other lepers, friendless. They would have had no chance of employment even before things had gotten so bad. For them, it had been bad much longer. These men were the sort who were reduced to begging for scraps, but even the most affluent people of the city were begging these days.
Times were terrible.
When times get this bad, people tend to fall into one of three categories:
• Those who talk about how bad things are.
• Those who turn to crime to get what they need or want.
• Those who reach for a solution.
I’d like to remove option two from the table and think just of options one and three and ask this question:
“Why sit we here until we die?”
Politicians and journalists are about the only people who benefit from talking about how bad things are. Regular people—people like you and me—are either going to commiserate with them or ignore them and see if we can improve the situation.
Plenty in the political and journalistic fields will mock those who propose solutions. Those of us who listen to them and commiserate with them will condemn and criticize the ones who try to do something besides “sit here and die.”
Here’s the lesson.
Once someone got up to do something, they found out that God had already done it for them.
Not long ago we had a president who, when challenged about the sad state of things, laughed and said something to the effect of, “What am I supposed to do about it?” He had no answers.
Today we have a president who is willing to brazenly propose that there are answers.
The same thing happens in the spiritual realm. There are some who sit back and laugh at the suggestion that God could help a people who will obey Him.
But it has always been those who refuse to sit around until they die who end up taking care of those who laughed at them.
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“Why Sit We Here Until We Die?” Complaining or Acting?
What do you think about the question in 2 Kings 7:3 — “Why sit we here until we die?”
Are you someone who talks about how bad things are, or someone who gets up and looks for the answer God may have already prepared?
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