2 Kings 4:8-17
8 One day Elisha went to Shunem. And a well-to-do woman was there, who urged him to stay for a meal. So whenever he came by, he stopped there to eat.
9 She said to her husband, "I know that this man who often comes our way is a holy man of God.
10 Let's make a small room on the roof and put in it a bed and a table, a chair and a lamp for him. Then he can stay there whenever he comes to us."
11 One day when Elisha came, he went up to his room and lay down there.
12 He said to his servant Gehazi, "Call the Shunammite." So he called her, and she stood before him.
13 Elisha said to him, "Tell her, 'You have gone to all this trouble for us. Now what can be done for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or the commander of the army?'" She replied, "I have a home among my own people."
14 "What can be done for her?" Elisha asked. Gehazi said, "Well, she has no son and her husband is old."
15 Then Elisha said, "Call her." So he called her, and she stood in the doorway.
16 "About this time next year," Elisha said, "you will hold a son in your arms." "No, my lord," she objected. "Don't mislead your servant, O man of God!"
17 But the woman became pregnant, and the next year about that same time she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her.

The life of Elisha gives a glimpse to what it takes to be a man of God. A man of God is someone who speak on behalf of God. He takes a stand as someone represents God. He had enough faith to do the very things God commanded through him. This well-to-do Shunammite woman recognised Elisha as a man of God. She called him for a meal once and gladly have him for meals whenever he was passing there by from that time on. She spoke to her husband on behalf of this holy man and she made an upper room ready for him to stay.

One day, when Elisha was taking rest in that upper room, he thought about giving something for his hosts as a reward. When he came to know that they were childless, he promised them that they would have a child by next year. Though her husband was well advanced in age, she did give birth to a child, as Elijah the man of God spoke. When they came close to Elisha, they came close to God also. They could get to know the Lord, later, and now even be blessed by the Lord.

Did not God call us to live a life like that of Elisha, dear brothers and sisters? When people get to know us, should they be attracted to the Lord and get to know him? Should they come to know the scriptures through us, and receive salvation for their souls and God’s blessings in their life? God did call us to proclaim the good news to the poor, bind up the broken hearted, proclaim freedom to the captives and release the prisoners from darkness. Let us believe that, let us live our life accordingly also. When there is hope, there is always a way.

Prayer idea

Make a list of possible people/friends you can study the Bible with. Pray and initiate with them one by one.