Who Do You Trust? (2 Kings 4:39-41)
One of the young men went out into the field to gather herbs and came back with a pocketful of wild gourds. He shredded them and put them into the pot without realizing they were poisonous. 40 Some of the stew was served to the men. But after they had eaten a bite or two they cried out, “Man of God, there’s poison in this stew!” So they would not eat it. Elisha said, “Bring me some flour.” Then he threw it into the pot and said, “Now it’s all right; go ahead and eat.” And then it did not harm them. (2 Kings 4:41 NLT) The prophet Elisha was an interesting character in Scripture, almost like an Old Testament super hero with unexplainable powers that ordinary humans couldn't understand. On one occasion, as he and his companions were sitting down to eat, they quickly realized that the new cook's "wild gourd stew" had a secret ingredient: poisonous wild gourds. As the men were freaking out once they realized they were only minutes from certain death, they called...