The Mystery of Divine Arithmetic (6) By Babatunde Olugboji
This week, we will conclude our series on the events recorded in 2 Kings 6:11–18, where Elisha the prophet prayed a powerful prayer for his servant: that the Lord would open his spiritual eyes to see that God had already sent His army and chariots of fire to protect them. In that moment, it became clear that the army of Syria was no match for the armies of the Most High God.
The threat of the Syrian army was very real, and Elisha did not minimize it. He did not pretend that the horses and chariots surrounding the city were not there. Faith does not deny reality; it transcends it. Faith says, “The chariots of Syria are real, but the chariots of fire are more real.” Faith says, “The diagnosis is real, but the healing power of Jesus is more real.” Faith says, “The giants in the Promised Land are real, but God’s promise of a land flowing with milk and honey is more real.”
Faith says, “The financial crisis is real, but Jehovah Jireh, our Provider, is more real.” Faith says, “The depression is real, but the peace of God that passes all understanding is more real.” Faith says, “The brokenness is real, but the God who restores is more real.” Faith says, “The high cost of living is real, but God’s promise to supply all our needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus is more real.”
People of God, do not be defeated by what you can see. Be strengthened by what God has already placed around you. Elisha’s declaration, “Those who are with us are more than those who are with them,” is not just a statement of encouragement; it is an eternal, unshakable, covenant truth spoken by a prophet who had witnessed the power and faithfulness of God.
The second prayer Elisha prayed was that God would strike the Syrian army with blindness. Perhaps Elisha understood that if the enemy could no longer see what was in front of them, they could no longer successfully attack the people of God. Sometimes, God does not need to remove the enemy immediately; He simply needs to confuse the enemy’s strategy. And God answered Elisha’s prayer. The same army that came to capture the prophet was led helplessly into the hands of Israel. What the enemy sent to destroy the prophet, God turned into the prophet’s victory.
The same God who can open your spiritual eyes can also blind the eyes of your enemy. Christ is both the “stone of stumbling” to those who reject Him and the precious cornerstone to those who believe in Him (1 Peter 2:6–8). The same God who reveals His army can confuse the forces arranged against you. He is the God of divine reversal, for Jesus said, “So the last will be first, and the first last” (Matthew 20:16). He is the God who “calls those things which do not exist as though they did” (Romans 4:17).
Elisha’s servant received new eyes and saw the invisible. The trial at Dothan was not just a test; it was a training ground. God used that moment of fear to develop his spiritual vision. In the same way, God can use the battles around you to develop the eyes of a prophet, the faith of an Elisha, and the testimony of someone who can look impossibility in the face and declare with unwavering confidence, “Those who are with us are more than those who are with them.”
This week, my prayer for you is the same prayer Elisha prayed for his servant: may the Lord open your eyes to see His provision, His protection, His healing, and His deliverance. May you see the help He has already released, the victory He has already planned, and the way of escape He has already prepared even before the enemy strikes.
And my counsel to you is the same as Elisha’s counsel to his servant: “Do not fear.” The hills are still full of God’s army and chariots of fire. The enemy does not hold your destiny. The economy does not hold your destiny. The diagnosis does not hold your destiny. The opposition does not hold your destiny. God does. 
And if God is for you, those who are with you will always be more than those who are against you.
Have a good week.
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