At times it seems as if God works in our lives without us having to do anything!  He takes pleasure in granting us the desires of our heart.  That is what happened to the Shunammite woman.  Elisha had said she would have a child, and just as was promised she gave birth to a son.

 

However there are times when our faith is stretched, when we need to hold on to those promises.  The woman’s son was now a young boy and had gone to the fields with his father.  Suddenly he cried out, “My head!  My head!”  Within hours he lay lifeless in his mother’s arms.

 

At times we may feel insignificant!  Unknown!  In our last devotion we looked at a woman known only as ‘the Shunammite’, yet her story of faith recorded in 2 Kings 4, is remarkable.

 

This woman had welcomed the prophet Elisha into her home, and by doing so she had welcomed the Lord.  One day Elisha asked her, “What can be done for you?  You have done all this for us.” 

 

Some would see this as an opportunity to ask for favour, however the woman’s reply revealed her heart.

Some of the greatest stories of faith are those of people whose names are not known.  One of these is a woman who is called ‘the Shunammite’.  This is not her name, it simply identifies her as a woman from Shunem.  Yet her story, found in 2 Kings 4, is truly amazing.