Don't you get the feeling sometimes that things just seem impossible? It's just not going to happen. You might think, these people will never change. Or, it won't get done, period. In 2 Kings 3 there are 3 kings about to fight against rebellious Moab. However, after traveling a week they find themselves without water for their armies and livestock. It's not going to happen; we are doomed reveals the king of Israel.The king of Judah was not of the same mind. He called on the word of the Lord. Amazingly Elisha, the one who "used to pour water on the hands of Elijah," just happened to be reachable. The Lord spoke through Elisha giving them instructions to make the valley "full of trenches." Seems like too much effort doesn't it. I mean, according to the helpless king of Israel, this is a lost cause. But then came the promise of water and victory. The thirsty armies, without any water to keep them going, must first dig trenches all over the hot, dry valley that lay between them and the Moabites. All the Lord had to do was mysteriously fill the trenches with water without them seeing rain and give the well prepared Moabites into their hand. Elisha emphatically speaks these profound words (verse 18), "this is but a slight thing in the sight of the Lord."
It's not impossible. To God, it's "but a slight thing." Jesus speaking to His disciples about entering the kingdom of heaven says, "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible," Matt. 19:26. When the angel of the Lord was speaking to Mary about the Holy Spirit coming upon her and that even Elizabeth in her old age was going to bare a son, the angel said, "nothing will be impossible with God," Luke1:37. Scripture promises and shows us that the Lord uses His divine power to bless us, to meet our needs. Believing this, I simply have to get ready, that is be willing to dig the trenches.
