2 Kings 4 opens with the wife of one of the company of prophets asking Elisha for help. Her husband has died and she cannot pay the creditors. She has a little oil and Elisha has her start pouring oil into any container she can find or borrow. After she has filled all of them he tells her to sell some to pay her debt and use the rest to support her family.

Then a wealthy Shunnamite woman convinces her husband to build a small chamber for Elisha and his servant to use when they pass their way. Elisha asks her how he can help her and she says that she has no son. Elisha prays and the woman conceives a son. Later though, the boy dies. The Shunnamite woman goes to find Elisha. He comes to her house and prays. The boy is brought back to life.

The prophets make a poisonous stew by accident. Elisha throws some flour in the pot and the stew becomes edible. :Later someone brings some loaves of barley and ears of grain to Elisha and he feeds 100 people with it and has some left over.

God has definitely blessed Elisha. He reminds us of Jesus.

In 2 Kings 5, Naaman a commander is afflicted with leprosy. His king sends a note to the king of Israel asking if there is someone who can cure him. Elisha tells the king to send Naaman to him. Elisha sends a messenger out to him and tells him to wash himself in the Jordan 7 times and he will be healed. Naaman becomes angry because he thinks that Elisha should have come out and performed a miracle on him. Naaman’s servant tell him that if Elisha had told him to do something difficult he would have done it. Why not do this simple thing? Naaman washes in the Jordan and is healed.

Naaman offers payment for Elisha’s service but Elisha refuses. His servant however follows Naaman and asks for payment. When he returns Elisha asks him where he went. He says he didn’t go anywhere but Elisha confronts him .Because of his disobedience he now becomes leprous.

We are into big shows, aren’t we? Naaman would have accepted a miraculous healing or even a difficult feat to perform but he balked at simply washing himself clean. God is found in the simple more often than He is revealed in the show.

In 2 Corinthians 3, Paul states that he doesn’t need special letters of recommendation. Those who believe are his letter of recommendation written on his heart.

We are letters of Christ written with the Spirit. We reflect his glory and are continually being transformed into his image.