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2 Kings 3:17 · World English Bible

2 Kings 3:17 Meaning For Yahweh Says

For Yahweh says, ‘You will not see wind, neither will you see rain, yet that valley will be filled with water, and you will drink, both you and your livestock and your other animals.

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What does 2 Kings 3:17 mean?

The mind trusts only the causes it can watch unfold: the visible wind, the falling rain. It wants to trace exactly how the good will come before it will believe the good is near.

From the Ego v. Being reading below.

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EGO & BEING

Ego v. Being

The mind trusts only the causes it can watch unfold: the visible wind, the falling rain. It wants to trace exactly how the good will come before it will believe the good is near. And so it misses what already moves underneath.

Still, the valley fills anyway. Life gives through channels the thinking mind cannot follow. When a person stops demanding to see the mechanism and stays open in the present, the water is found gathering quietly in the low places. The supply was flowing all along, while the eyes kept searching the empty sky.

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Live 2 Kings 3:17 today

  1. Think of one thing you are anxious about today and set down the need to know how it will work out. You can hold the hope without holding the blueprint.
  2. Let someone help you with something today without first asking them to explain exactly how they will do it. Trust is a small thing you can practice in an ordinary afternoon.
  3. When you are waiting on a decision, an email, a result, and your mind keeps checking for proof, turn your attention back to the next small thing in front of you. The good you are waiting on is not sped up by watching for it.

Where are you refusing to believe something is coming because you cannot see how?

The same truth in other traditions

Tao Te Ching

The Tao does its work without showing its hand. Things grow and no one can point to how.

Zen

The flower opens without knowing the mechanics of opening. Demanding to see the machinery is how you miss the blooming.

Bhagavad Gita

Do your part and let go of your grip on the result. What is moving is larger than what you can trace.

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