Press the arrow to listen to the story behind Paul Baloche’s “Open the Eyes of My Heart” as you read today’s devotion about vision.

Scripture
Then Elisha said, “Listen to the word of the LORD; thus says the LORD, ‘Tomorrow about this time a measure of fine flour will be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.’” The royal officer on whose hand the king was leaning answered the man of God and said, “Behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, could this thing be?” Then he said, “Behold, you will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat of it.” 2 Kings 7:1-2

Observation
In a board meeting, in a city so hungry that mothers were eating their own children, Elisha had a vision of price wars in the food market within 24 hours. Elisha was the only leader in the city who could see hope on the horizon.

The king was so deluded that he blamed God’s prophet for the siege of the city. The king’s right hand man could not envision anything other than defeat. Elisha alone could see that within 24 hours merchants would be slashing the price of flour in the stores.

Application
I want to be a man like Elisha, who can discern good things God is up to, through the walls of despair, before they come to pass. It is touching in this story that two lepers are the first to see the good answer of the Lord. It is saddening to see that the king’s right hand man saw it but never tasted it because he doubted. May my eyes see what God is up to in the future so I can make effective decisions in the present.

Prayer
Lord, would you please open my eyes like Elisha to see the hope that you are up to. Help me to understand good things you are planning so that I may be ready when they come. Amen.