“Elisha prayed.”—That would be instinctively just what any “man of God” would do. A man of the world would have called upon the civil authorities, and would have tried to get word to the capital, so that help might be sent to relieve the besieged city. But Elisha just prayed to God. For what did he pray? for deliverance?—No; he had no fears about that; he knew that he was already safe. But he prayed that his servant might be shown the willingness and ability of God to protect those who trust in Him. And that is just what God wants us all to know. We may know it by believing His Word; in other words, by faith. That is the way Elisha knew it when he asked that the young man’s eyes might be opened. Read 2 Kings 6: 13–18