Come, Follow Me — July 6–12, 2026: When You Feel Outnumbered
From The Chapel
July 6–12, 2026 · 2 Kings 2–7
This Week’s Themes
- Miracles Testify of Christ — The miracles Elisha performed point us to the Savior’s life-giving, nourishing, and healing power.
- Simple Obedience Brings Healing — Naaman’s willingness to follow a seemingly simple instruction opened the door to his healing and to his faith.
- Receiving the Lord’s Prophets — The woman of Shunem teaches us what it means to welcome and trust the Lord’s servants in our lives.
- Eyes to See God’s Help — When we ask the Lord to open our spiritual eyes, we recognize that we are never truly alone in our struggles. ★
A Spiritual Insight
On this week’s theme: Eyes to See God’s Help
There’s a moment in this week’s reading that has stayed with me for years. Elisha’s young servant wakes up one morning, steps outside, and sees an enemy army surrounding the city. Horses and chariots everywhere. His heart must have dropped straight to his stomach. “Alas, my master! how shall we do?” he cries. I imagine most of us have felt that way at some point—outnumbered, overwhelmed, unsure how we’re going to make it through.
But Elisha’s response is calm. “Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.” And then he prays a simple prayer: “Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see.” When the young man looks again, the mountain is full of horses and chariots of fire—the Lord’s own army, there all along.
What strikes me most is that the help was already there. The servant just couldn’t see it yet. I wonder how often that’s true for us. We look at our troubles—health concerns, family struggles, feelings of inadequacy, grief—and all we see is the enemy army. But the Lord’s help is closer than we know. Sometimes it comes through people He has placed in our lives. Sometimes it comes as quiet assurance in prayer. Sometimes we simply need to ask Him to open our eyes.
I’ve lived long enough now to know this is true. There have been seasons when I felt alone, and looking back, I can see I wasn’t. The Lord was there, working through family, through friends, through impressions I almost missed.
Here’s my invitation: take a few minutes this week and make a list of “they that be with you”—the people, the blessings, the quiet witnesses of God’s care. Ask Him to help you see what you might be missing. He will answer that prayer.
Highlighted Scripture
And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.
And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
2 Kings 6:16–17
Reflection
I sit here this evening thinking about the times I’ve felt surrounded—by worry, by doubt, by circumstances I couldn’t control. And I remember, too, the moments when the Lord let me glimpse what was really there. A phone call at just the right time. A scripture that spoke directly to my heart. A grandchild’s hug that reminded me I wasn’t carrying things alone.
I don’t always see the chariots of fire. But I’m learning to trust they’re there. I’m learning to pray that simple prayer: “Lord, open my eyes.”
What might you see this week if you asked Him to help you look?