The Things Your Bible Says Happen Where You Can't See

A man looks at a marriage gone quiet over a kitchen table, or a kid who won't come out from behind a bedroom door, and he thinks what he can see in that room is the whole war.

It isn't.

Elisha's servant walked out at dawn in Dothan and made the exact same mistake. 2 Kings 6:15 says, "And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots." The boy looked at the horses and asked Elisha what they were supposed to do.

2 Kings 6:16 says, "And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them."

2 Kings 6:17 says, "And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha."

The army on the mountain didn't show up when Elisha prayed. It was already parked on the ridge before the servant poured his morning water.

Your house can look surrounded when your eyes are shut.