Life is filled with ups and downs. Good days and bad days. One moment you’re on the mountaintop, and the next you’re praying for strength just to make it through. If life feels like a rollercoaster, you’re not alone. Elijah went from calling down fire on Mount Carmel to collapsing under a juniper tree. Job, Joseph, John the Baptist, they all had their highs and lows. But in those valleys, God still moves.
The Bible records 35 miracles of Jesus: 17 bodily cures, 9 miracles over nature, 6 deliverances from demons, and 3 people raised from the dead. A miracle is not magic. It is when God suspends or supersedes natural law for His purposes. He’s the One who created natural law, so He’s not bound by it. He is the God of miracles, not just a God who used to do miracles.
In 2 Kings 4, a wealthy Shunammite woman teaches us what it means to make room for God to move.
1. The Gift
“Let us make a small room on the roof with walls and put there for him a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp…”
— 2 Kings 4:10
This woman didn’t just offer Elisha a meal, she built him a room. A place of rest, relationship, learning, and light. It wasn’t a favor. It was an investment. She used her wealth to serve the Kingdom.
She wasn’t poor like the widow with the oil. She had means. But she still had a need. It’s a reminder that Jesus came for the down and out and the up and out. Her generosity was about making room, not just in her house, but in her life. Her simple act of hospitality set the stage for a miracle.
2. The Grief
“The child sat on her lap until noon, and then he died.”
— 2 Kings 4:20
The son God promised her, the one Elisha prophesied, was gone. The same child who brought her joy now brought heartache. But instead of calling for burial, she laid him in Elisha’s room. She shut the door and went straight to the source. She was not planning for a funeral, she was preparing for resurrection.
Don’t bury your dream too soon. The Shunammite didn’t let pain push her away from God, it pushed her toward Him. “All is well,” she told her husband. Faith doesn’t mean ignoring pain. It means trusting God in spite of it.
“When peace like a river attendeth my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll,
Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.”
Miracles don’t mean we’ll never face heartbreak. It means God is still writing the story. Some answers are immediate. Some come through a process. But God is always good.
3. The Gospel
“Then he stretched himself out upon the boy…and the child sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.”
— 2 Kings 4:34–35
Elisha didn’t just pray. He got close. He laid on the boy, mouth to mouth, eye to eye, hand to hand. It was personal, sacrificial, intimate. It reminds us of Jesus, who didn’t heal from a distance but came close, took on our humanity, and gave His life.
The child came back to life. Warmth, breath, and vision returned. That’s what Jesus does. He brings the dead to life. Not just physically, but spiritually. The greatest miracle is salvation.
If God heals your body, that’s wonderful, but temporary. If God forgives your sins, that’s eternal. That’s the Gospel.
Make Room
“By this time next year…”
— 2 Kings 4:16
Maybe you’re grieving. Maybe you’re believing. Maybe you’re building. Whatever season you’re in, make room. God still moves in response to obedience, surrender, and faith.
This time next year, what if your miracle is already on the way?
Final Challenge
It’s time to clear the clutter. Open the door. Build the room.
- Schedule for prayer and worship.
- Finances for generosity and legacy.
- Heart for healing and hope.
- Home for others and hospitality.
- Church for the next generation and the not-yet-here.
God is not just knocking, He’s calling. Are you ready to answer?
“Here I am! I stand at the door and knock…”
— Revelation 3:20
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Let’s be a people who don’t just believe in miracles but make room for them.
