By Greg
Laurie
And Elisha prayed, and said, "Lord, I pray, open his eyes
that he may see." Then the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he
saw. And behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all
around Elisha. —2 Kings 6:17
I think
we would all agree there is a battle going on in the United States today. It's
a battle for our very souls, a battle for right and wrong, a battle over the
Bible, a battle over the family. Really, it is a battle over worldviews. And if
you want to simplify it even further, it is a battle of the gods.
In the
Bible there is only one God; it isn't multiple choice. God says, "I am the
Lord, and there is no other" (Isaiah 45:5). There is the true and living
God who is the God of Scripture and the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He is
the God who loved us so much that He sent His Son Jesus Christ to die on the
cross.
Then
there are all the other gods. So the battle rages today—the battle of the gods
and the battle of the worldviews.
Sometimes
as followers of Jesus Christ and believers in the Bible, it feels like we are
losing ground everywhere we turn. In some ways, you might feel as though there
is no hope.
I'm
reminded of the story of Elisha and his servant when they were surrounded by
enemy forces. Elisha was so confident in the Lord that he took a nap. But his
servant woke him, alarmed as the enemy forces were closing in. So Elisha
prayed, "Lord, open his eyes." The Bible tells us, "Then the
Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw. And behold, the mountain was
full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha" (2 Kings 6:17).
In the
same way, there are more on our side than there are on the enemy's side. And we
need to remember that as the battle rages on every day.