“It Is Well”

When he had taken him and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died. And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, shut the door upon him, and went out. Then she called to her husband, and said, “Please send me one of the young men and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God and come back.” So he said, “Why are you going to him today? It is neither the New Moon nor the Sabbath.” And she said, “It is well.” —2 Kings 4:20-23 (NLT)

The Shunammite woman walked and spoke by faith, and not by sight. Her son had just died in her lap, but she knew that was not the end of the story. Instead of speaking what she saw with her eyes, she told her husband, “it is well.” She quickly went to the man of God. In 2 Kings 4:26, she made the same reply to Gehazi, the man of God’s servant: “It is well.” She insisted that Elisha return to her house. When Elisha arrived, the child was indeed dead, lying there on the prophet’s bed. He went in alone and shut the door behind him and prayed to the LORD. (2 Kings 4:32-33 NLT) In 2 Kings 4:36, the woman received her son back alive. She fell at Elisha’s feet and bowed before him, overwhelmed with gratitude. Then she took her son in her arms and carried him downstairs. (See 2 Kings 4:37).

for we walk by faith, not by sight [living our lives in a manner consistent with our confident belief in God’s promises]— 2 Corinthians 5:7 (AMP)