Elijah shows his servant Gehazi an invisible army of fiery chariots protecting them from enemies. When Gehazi fears they're outnumbered, Elijah reminds him God's forces are always greater than any earthly threat. The message: pray for spiritual sight to see God's protection, even when danger looks real.
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And Elijah just looks out over the city, and Gehazi grabs him and pulls him down. "What are you doing? They'll see you!" And he says, "No, no, it's not a problem. There's way more of us than there are of them." And Gehazi says, "You've got to be crazy. There's two of us." And he says, "No, come up here. Look." He peeks over the wall. He says, "I see soldiers, lots of soldiers." He said, "Oh, I always forget. Lord, open my servant's eyes so that he can see." what you and I can see. And Gehazi looks over the wall again and he sees the same troops, but then beyond the troops, the hills that are rising up are covered in fiery chariots and soldiers with bows and arrows and shields and swords, and they're on fire. It's the army of the Lord. And Gehazi, now he's not ducking anymore, he's just looking like, wow, where did they come from? And Elisha said, they're always with us, Gehazi, they're always