#71. The Lord Sends Water
“Now it happened in the morning, when the grain offering was offered, that suddenly water came by way of Edom, and the land was filled with water.”
II Kings 3:20 NKJV
Do you remember what time of day it was when God sent fire down from heaven to consume the sacrifice on the top of Mt. Carmel in the sight of all Israel? I Kings 18:36 tells us it was at the time of the evening sacrifice. In the Old Testament church, there were two primary times of sacrifices of worship to the Lord, the morning sacrifice and the evening sacrifice. Certain things were done at each. This pattern is often used as part of the basis for morning and evening worship on the Lord’s Day.
It seems that several of the Lord’s great wonders in the days of Elijah and Elisha were meant to be timed to remind those present and the readers today of the worship of God alone. The great works of the Lord are given that we might know who God is, how great and powerful is His might, His ability to save to the uttermost, and our only response must be thanksgiving and worship before His throne.
The Lord sent fire from Heaven at the time of the evening sacrifice on Mt. Carmel for all Israel to see. The Lord sent water to fill the wilderness at the time of the morning sacrifice and in the sight of the armies from three nations. This should have been an hour of prayer for all gathered and certainly was for the godly among the allied camp. It was at this hour when half of the flour for a grain offering was to be offered before the Lord in worship (Leviticus 6:20). At this solemn time, the Lord sent water by the way of Edom and the land was filled with water such that every man and beast was able to drink their fill. Surely this should remind us of our need for the Living Water from the Lord.
Some might argue that the water came by natural occurrence, “by way of Edom” such as we might see in a flash flood many miles away and a river appearing without a cloud in the sky. I do not want to deny that the Lord can and does use His providence in and through nature to bring about His promises. He certainly could have done this here. Nevertheless, the description in verse 17 suggests something taking place at least partially above nature. The army was very large, encamped over a large space, and no one saw rain or heard wind. Flash floods do not find ditches to fill and stop or move on to other ditches. They carve rivers in deserts and destroy all in their path. The water is filthy from dirt and debris picked up on the way and anyone caught in the path of a major flood would be drowned. The water by the way of Edom filled the ditches in the valley that the army dug apparently without any harm to man or beast.
Let us learn from this portion of God’s Holy Word these two things: 1) To pray and worship God when we rise up in the morning and before we go to sleep in the evening (and throughout the day in between); and 2) As the Lord promises, so He always does.
“Remember the former things of old, for I am God, and there is none else; I am God and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning, and form ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, “My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure” (Isaiah 46:9-10).
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