Why sit we here until we die?

Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household.”

2 Kings 7:9 As I was sitting in church yesterday I mused at the love of these lepers. It’s impressive as it’s not what you would expect in such a situation, normally. To begin with, they were restricted to the gates of the city as due to their condition they were not welcome within the walls of the city. If they entered the city they would surely die as there was nothing but hunger within the city. People had been reduced to eating and selling dove’s dung. Yes,” And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver” 2 Kings 6:25 And if the lepers went towards the camp of the Syrians they would surely be killed but at the least they would be captured as slaves. And so they thought it better that they should go towards the camp of the Syrians and maybe they would spare their lives. If captured alive at least they would give them SOME food whilst in prison. And so they trudged. The preacher yesterday illustrated that possibly some shuffled on their backside and some on their side as their legs could have been affected by the leprosy and therefore could not walk They shuffled and leapt along towards the Syrian camp. Oh! What imaginations they had in their minds. With Samaria behind them they trudged on and probably halted and rested all the way there for their condition forbade normal movement- hungry lepers And do you know what God was doing whilst they were moving towards the Syrian camp? Oh! God made the Syrians to hear the approach of an army. And the Syrians left in such a hurry they went with nothing but their dear lives And who should get to the camp except the four lepers? They saw the food and treasures and could have just taken it all and stayed there saying this was their reward – justly found by no one but them But what did they say as they took the situation in? they remembered that they were part of a city that desperately needed food And they took it as a priority that they should go back and tell them of the good news Not tomorrow, but today before the break of dawn the next day And they said to themselves that they actually were not doing well by not sharing the tidings Doesn’t that show of love and duty for humanity touch you? They were the rejects of the city but they remembered the other people who if they disappeared would not have looked for them as they were not important to the city Yet it is these same people who came back to share the tidings of joy. For they also feared that something dreadful would happen to them How many times have we been trod upon and we wait for a day of revenge? Many. But vengeance is the Lord’s So in your tears and fear, worry not for your tears are starting a fountain that will turn into a flood and your enemy will be drowned And when you get there, there will be no more So keep on praying and waiting on the Lord for no matter what your situation, your station, God remembers you and will give you your reward The lepers filled up on food and kept some treasures aside for themselves and then shared the good news You too will get your reward and you will be recognised as the one who shared the breakthrough for the family/city/nation/community and you will be thanking the Lord till you meet Him So be comforted. God is not blind that he should not see your plight, neither is He too far away that He cannot hear your cries. Hold on and WAIT on the Lord. Sometimes what we fear due to the unknown is where the breakthrough comes from The lepers knew for certain that within Samaria there was no food for them They knew where they were there would not be any food coming to them But they didn’t know what would happen if they went to the Syrian camp There were two outcomes they knew and they would go for either as one would be the same as back home and one would be better than back home But they met with something they never imagined which was beyond their hopes and dreams So for us it can be the same. That leap of faith we’ve been dreading for so long may just show us things beyond our comprehension that will bring glory to God. Hope on the Lord and keep on walking in His light.