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2 Kings chapter 6 verses 16 and 17. He said,

Do not be afraid, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.

Then a lyche prayed, and said, O Lord, please open his eyes that he may see.

So the Lord opened the eyes of a young man, and he saw and behold,

the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

I love this story. It's one of my favorite stories in the Old Testament.

As Elisha and his servant are surrounded by an enemy army, and Elisha's servant is panicking,

saying, We are surrounded. There's two of us and an entire army circling us.

Surrounding us, and Elisha looks at his servant and says, Don't be afraid.

For those who are with us are more than those who are with them.

And at this point, Elisha's servant is probably thinking,

What are you talking about? There's more with us than with them, but there's two of us.

There's a whole army with them. He's probably thinking the old man, Elisha may be a prophet,

but he's no mathematician. We are surrounded by an army, and then Elisha prayed and said,

Oh, Lord, please open his eyes that he can see, and the Lord opened his eyes, and the servant saw,

and the Bible says, Behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.

In other words, in that moment, the servant got a glimpse of the unseen world, and it changed

everything. And all of a sudden, the servant realized that yes, yes, indeed, there were more with

them than with that army. And this is the way we need to live on a day-by-day basis. God

help us to realize there is an unseen world around us. Right now, even as we pray, as part of

the reason we pray, we're in a spiritual battle, and we fight spiritual battle with spiritual

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