SHARE WHAT YOU HAVE FOUND

SHARE WHAT YOU HAVE FOUND

II Kings 7:9 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.

This is the conversation of four lepers who had come upon the empty camp of the Syrian army. They had been driven by desperation and hunger to go out to the camp, from the beseiged city of Samaria. People were starving-- so much so that two women had agreed to kill and eat their sons-- one that day, the other the next day. But the second mother had hidden her son, and the matter was brought before the king.

As is usually the case, the Man of God got the blame for the situation. He had been warning the people for a long time that judgment would come if they didn't amend their ways. Isn't it amazing how we seek to lay the blame for our condition on someone else? The Man of God is always a handy target.

Also, as is usually the case, the people had ignored the warnings od the Prophet. Judgment did come-- in the form of the Syrian army, who surrounded the city, to starve the inhabitants out.

These four lepers, outside the gates of the city were getting very hungry themselves. They decided that it would be no worse to die at the hands of the Syrians than to starve to death where they were.

When they approached the camp of the army, they heard nothing, saw nothing moving. The camp was deserted-- empty of humans-- no one was there. It was not important, at that point, what had happened to the army. That is another story in itself.

These lepers were just as much human as you and I are, so they started to gather up food, etc. and stash it for their own use. II Kings 7:8 And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid [it]; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence [also], and went and hid [it].

After a while, they realized that there would be enough of everything, so that the city could survive, if they would tell them about it.

We, like the lepers, have found a good thing. We should share it with those who have not yet learned about it. There is plenty for all to have some-- all they want.

That is why we preach. That is why we share the Good News over the wires. That is why we write, and mail to others the good things we have found in God's Word.

Today is a day of good tidings-- we dare not hold our peace.