The Christian Science Organization (CSO) at the University of Houston invited the high-school juniors and seniors from the Christian Science Sunday Schools in the Houston area to a get-acquainted party. The following is an excerpt from a talk shared with the group.
In the Bible, in Second Kings, we read that the king of Israel went to the prophet Elisha and took up a bow and arrows at the prophet's request. Elisha told him to shoot out of an open window "the arrow of deliverance from Syria." And the king shot the arrow. Then Elisha said, "Take the arrows." The account continues: "And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed. And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice." II Kings 13:17-19
It is as though Elisha had said to the king, "That's not enough. Because you shot three arrows in the ground you will win three battles against your enemy. But since you stopped after three you will lose the war. Why did you not use all the arrows at your disposal? Why did you not use all the weapons that God had set before you?"
