The Crisis Elisha is located at Dothan. The Syrians respond with overwhelming force—horses, chariots, an entire army sent to capture one man. In the morning, Elisha’s servant wakes to terror: “Alas, my master! how shall we do?” (v.15) This is the human reaction: Surrounded Outnumbered Exposed But Elisha sees something else entirely. The Theophany Elisha does not pray for deliverance.He p rays for sight. “LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see.” (v.17)

This chapter reminds us that the Christian life is not without hardship, but that grace is stronger than stones. Paul’s endurance was not natural courage; it was Christ’s life within him. He could stand again because Jesus stood for him.