ACE #409: Restoration Is On the Way

2 Kings 8

The Shunammite’s Land Restored

8 Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Go away with your family and stay for a while wherever you can, because the Lord has decreed a famine in the land that will last seven years.” 2 The woman proceeded to do as the man of God said. She and her family went away and stayed in the land of the Philistines seven years.

3 At the end of the seven years she came back from the land of the Philistines and went to appeal to the king for her house and land. 4 The king was talking to Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, and had said, “Tell me about all the great things Elisha has done.” 5 Just as Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had restored the dead to life, the woman whose son Elisha had brought back to life came to appeal to the king for her house and land.

Gehazi said, “This is the woman, my lord the king, and this is her son whom Elisha restored to life.” 6 The king asked the woman about it, and she told him.

Then he assigned an official to her case and said to him, “Give back everything that belonged to her, including all the income from her land from the day she left the country until now.”

I didn't even mean to read these verses...really I didn't.  But I'm glad I did!  An appeal, in this case, is defined as  "to apply to a higher court for a reversal of the decision of a lower court."

This is confirmation that restoration is on the way for somebody.  The son's life had been restored as the foretelling of the woman's land and income being restored years later.  The woman had to be obedient first and then make an appeal.  Are you glad about who really rules the highest court?

Restoration is on the way.  Are you willing to be obedient and to make your appeal to the Father?

Get restored!