“Then Elisha said, ‘Listen to the word of the LORD…
Tomorrow about this time a measure of fine flour will be sold for a
shekel…’
The royal officer… said, ‘Behold, if the LORD should make windows in
heaven, could this thing be?’”
2 Kings 7:1–2
“So the people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. Then a
measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel…
according to the word of the LORD.”
2 Kings 7:16
The city of Samaria was starving. Food was scarce.
Hope was gone. People were desperate, fearful, and convinced the situation could not change.
Into this despair, God spoke a promise through Elisha: “Tomorrow… abundance.”
Not “eventually.” Not “gradually.” Not “when things improve.” But “tomorrow.”
It sounded impossible. Even the king’s officer responded with skepticism: “Could this thing be?”
Could God really turn a famine into abundance in a single day?
Could God change everything that quickly?
Could God open windows in heaven in a situation this desperate?
But impossibility has never hindered God. And desperation has never intimidated Him.
While the people inside the city doubted God’s promise, God was already working outside the city — shifting circumstances no one knew about. He caused the Aramean army to flee in terror, abandoning their camp, their food, their supplies, their wealth, and their weapons.
Overnight, the famine ended, the scarcity became abundance, and the people who had nothing suddenly had more than they could have imagined. God did not gradually improve their situation. He reversed it.
This story reminds us of something essential: God can bring provision quickly, unexpectedly, and through means you could never predict. He is not limited by circumstances, economies, markets, human decisions, enemies, obstacles, or scarcity. He is the God who “opens windows in heaven” (Malachi 3:10).
And He often works outside your line of sight — preparing provision in places you have not yet seen, arranging opportunities you have not yet discovered, and positioning blessings you do not yet know are coming.
Sometimes God provides gradually. Sometimes God provides daily.
Sometimes God provides through the ordinary. But sometimes God provides through dramatic reversals — moments where the story suddenly shifts because the Author is ready to reveal a new chapter.
And when He does, you will see what the people of Samaria saw: God had been working all along. He had been preparing abundance. He had been setting things in motion. He had been faithful in ways unseen. Your famine is not the end of your story. Your need is not beyond God’s reach. Your impossibility is not a barrier for His power.
He is the God who turns stories — sometimes slowly, sometimes suddenly — but always in love, always with purpose, always in perfect timing.
This devotional is excerpted from Do Not Worry About Tomorrow by D.C. Robertsson.
