That Whole Economy Thing

June 8, 2009

Today's Reading: 2 Kings 7-8 and 2 Corinthians 10

These days, everyone is talking about the “huge financial crisis”. I suppose this is the thing that makes it hard to find a job for many, including myself.

I suppose that I could let this whole economy thing put me down, and I suppose that I could use it as an excuse for not bothering to look for work. I’m sure there are a lot of people who are using the present economy as an excuse for many a thing now.

There has probably never been an economy as bad as the siege of Israel from the nation of Aram. Man, if people had to sell a donkey’s head or a cup of bird poop in order to keep fed, than there is a serious need going on.

So here comes Elisha who says that food will be at record low prices by the end of the day. Sometimes I don’t know what is worse, the prophet to says there will be bad times when things are good, or the prophet who says there will be good times when things are bad. Elisha was the latter guy, and a certain officer of the king hated him for it.

Then the next day, four lepers dare to approach the enemies camp. They find out that the Aramities have left, for some odd reason. I actually think it was a huge miracle that they left, by the way.

So then what happens? The Israelites discover that they can raid all the Aramite treasures, and that officer that can’t stand Elisha gets trampled. I suppose you could call that a happy ending, for most of the characters.

I suppose that we would like to see this type of ending for the current economic crisis, sudden and full of riches. If there is one thing that I have discovered about life, it is its unpredictability. One day everything looks hopeless, and in the next, suddenly everything is okay.

This is why I don’t worry about the “economic crisis”, and this is not because I have a stable job is always in demand. It is because you never know how things are going to turn around. This is why you don’t put a gun to your head and pull the trigger, because fortune could very well be on its way.

So hey, you don’t want to completely lose it over this whole economic thing. Sure, you can prepare, but things have a way of turning around.