2 Kings 3:9 (KJV) ~ “So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass seven days’ journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.”
Today, you are coming face-to-face with one of the deepest realities of faith, sometimes God requires you to dig when you have nothing left to give. You stand in a valley where exhaustion touches your bones, resources are depleted, and the weight of the journey presses heavily on your soul. The kings in 2 Kings 3 were not simply tired, they were empty. Seven days into their journey, everything they depended on had run dry. No water for their men, no water for their animals and no water for themselves. They were digging on empty, and yet, this is the exact moment when God speaks.
This scripture makes it clear, “there was no water for the host.” No natural strength! No visible supply! No emotional capacity! This is the place where your humanity feels fragile and your spirit feels weary. But this is the place where God does His greatest work in empty places. Over and over in scripture, emptiness becomes the stage for divine intervention. The widow’s empty vessels (2 Kings 4). The disciples’ empty nets (Luke 5). The empty tomb (John 20). Your emptiness is not the end; it is the beginning of supernatural possibility. When the kings realized they had no water, the king of Israel assumed disaster. He panicked, he concluded, without evidence, that God had brought them there to die. This is the danger of emptiness; the enemy uses it to rewrite the narrative of your faith. He whispers that God has abandoned you and then he accuses God of setting you up for failure. He magnifies your lack and minimizes God’s promise. But Jehoshaphat refused this lie and shifted the atmosphere with one question: “Is there not here a prophet of the Lord?” This scripture is here to teach you a Kingdom principle, empty doesn’t mean God is absent; empty means God is about to speak!
Elisha arrives as a prophetic answer to empty hearts and an empty valley. And before he gives instructions, he changes the atmosphere with worship. Why? Because when you’re digging empty, your spirit must be refilled before your hands can obey. Worship becomes strength! Worship becomes breath! Worship becomes revival! This is why you feel the urge to worship even when you’re drained, because your spirit knows what your emotions forget, worship fills what emptiness exposes.
Then comes the command, “Make this valley full of ditches.” God asks them to give effort in a moment when they barely have energy. He instructs them to work at a moment when they felt the weakest. But this is the beautiful contradiction of faith, God does not require strength; He requires surrender (this is your part). You dig not because you feel strong; you dig because God is strong. You obey not because you are full; you obey because He fills. Isaiah 40:29 declares, “He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might He increaseth strength.” The atmosphere shifts the impossible into the inevitable. God promises water without wind or rain, supply without signs, provision without natural assistance. This means your emptiness cannot stop what God is sending. Your weakness cannot disrupt His promise. Your lack cannot limit His power. God’s supply is not dependent on your strength; it is dependent on your obedience. You dig on empty because God is the One who fills.
What feels impossible to you is easy to God. What feels overwhelming to you is effortless to Him. Emptiness exaggerates difficulty, but God sees beyond your limitation. He sees the divine outcome on the other side of your obedience. He sees the water already flowing from Edom. He sees the victory already secured. God filled the valley while they were still empty. He did not wait for their strength to return. He did not wait for their emotions to stabilize. He did not wait for their water to come from natural means. He responded to their obedience, not their energy. To digging, not strength. To surrender, not certainty. So today, if you feel empty, spiritually, emotionally, physically, mentally, God is inviting you to dig anyway. Not with force, but with faith. Not with energy, but with expectancy. Not with strength, but with surrender. You are digging on empty, but Heaven is filling you on fullness. And the God who sees your emptiness will meet you with supernatural overflow!
Let’s Pray:
Father, today I bring You every area where I feel empty, every stretch of my soul that feels tired, every corner of my heart that feels depleted, every part of my life that has run dry. I bring my emptiness to You not as a weakness but as an offering. Because I know that You fill what is empty and strengthen what is faint. Lord, teach me to dig even when I feel drained. Give me the courage to obey You when my strength is small. Let my surrender become the shovel You use to carve out new capacity. Remind me that my emptiness does not disqualify me from Your instructions, it actually positions me for Your power. God, refill me through worship the way You refilled the atmosphere in the valley. Let worship revive my heart, renew my strength, and restore my clarity. When I am too tired to speak, let worship speak for me. When I am too weak to stand, let Your presence hold me. When I am overwhelmed, let Your glory overshadow my emptiness. Father, remove the lie that emptiness means failure. Remove the fear that emptiness means abandonment. Remove the shame that emptiness means inadequacy. Help me remember that You do Your greatest work in empty places, the oil flows in empty vessels, the fish multiply in empty nets, and resurrection power shows up in empty tombs. Father, help me not misinterpret this valley. Help me see clearly that emptiness is an invitation, not a punishment. A preparation, not a setback. A beginning, not an ending. Help me trust that You are moving even when I do not feel movement. Help me believe that water is coming even when the sky is silent. Father strengthen me to obey without waiting for my strength to return. Help me dig in faith, dig in trust, dig in obedience. Let every ditch I dig today be a testament that I trust You even when my feelings disagree. Let my obedience rise above my exhaustion, so that when the water comes, unexpectedly, supernaturally, abundantly I can drink deeply. Let it refresh all the weary places that I have been and let it revive the hope that have been fading on the inside of me. Let it show me that You will fill what I prepare and honor what I surrender unto You. Thank You, Father, for meeting me in my emptiness. Thank You for filling the places where my strength has run out. Thank You for rebuilding me even while I dig. In the Name of Jesus Christ, Amen!
Nugget: The more you know Him, the less you need the world to recognize you.
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