Its simple in the sight of the Lord !

"And this is a simple matter in the sight of the LORD;He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand."

II Kings 3 :18 (New King James Version)


Here is a little background to this verse... Jehoram the King of Israel wanted to go into battle with the king of Moab.And so Jehoram king of Israel along with the King of Judah and the King of Edom went by the way of the wilderness of Edom and they marched on that roundabout route seven days; and there was no water for the army, nor for the animals that followed them. Jehoram had decided that they were doomed and would surely fall into the hands of the king of Moab...The King of Judah said , "“Is there no prophet of the LORD here, that we may inquire of the LORD by him?” "

How many times have we done that ? We do things as we like and when we find ourselves in a tough spot we think "Oh oh !! I should have sought the Lord ! I should have sought His will ! "

Now as we keep reading we see that one of the servants of the king of Israel spoke of Elisha. And in verses 16-18 we read what Elisha said , " And he said, “Thus says the LORD: ‘Make this valley full of ditches.’ For thus says the LORD: ‘You shall not see wind, nor shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, so that you, your cattle, and your animals may drink.’ And this is a simple matter in the sight of the LORD; He will also deliver the Moabites into your hand."

Our God is forever faithful and o so awesome ! He said that there would be no wind nor would there be any rain but yet the ditches that they made would be filled with water ! And not just a little ...But sufficient for all of them and their cattle and their animals to drink !! Wow ! And this is a simple matter in the sight of the Lord !!

Its a simple matter in the sight of the Lord ! How many times do we worry ourselves and go all crazy and cranky when all we need to do is seek God and seek His Holy will. We need to remind ourselves "Its a simple matter in the sight of the Lord !" :-) We sometimes think we can do things on our own but then when things go wrong we fall at His feet and He says "Its simple !Just do as I say and watch what I do !!"

You know what happened ? We read in verse 20 "Now it happened in the morning, when the grain offering was offered, that suddenly water came by way of Edom, and the land was filled with water."

Now the Lord also told them that He would deliver the Moabites into their hand. Now the Moabites had heard that the kings were coming up to fight against them and so they gathered up everyone and were all ready at the border. We read in verse 22 -23 "Then they rose up early in the morning, and the sun was shining on the water; and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood. And they said, “This is blood; the kings have surely struck swords and have killed one another; now therefore, Moab, to the spoil!” "

Can you imagine that ? The same water .... When the Moabites saw it , it seemed like blood for them and they thought that the kings had fought amongst themselves and had killed each other. So when they came to camp of Israel, Israel rose up and attacked them.

How awesome is our God ! We need to seek His will at every step and trust in Him completely...never on our own strength or our own understanding .

God Bless