II Kings 7:9 Then they said to each other, what we are doing is not right. This is a day of good news and we are keeping it to ourselves.
This is the comment of one of 4 lepers who decided to go into the camp of the enemy and surrender to them in the hope the enemy would show them some compassion. Their city had been subjected to a long and brutal siege that was starving the population to death. The circumstances were so severe that the people had begun to kill and eat their own children, so the lepers decided to go to the enemy camp and surrender to be fed or killed. It made no difference which because they were so hungry they were willing to chance that some mercy still remained in the enemy's heart.
The straits for the population were so dire and they were so weak from starvation they had no power to fight for themselves. Yet during the night the enemy heard the sounds of God's army all around them and they got up and fled in a panic. Simply the noise of marching caused the enemy to get up and run and leave behind all of their stores. They didn't even comtemplate where such an army could have come from. They were filled with the dread of the awesome God.
When you have gotten to the moment where you are so desperate that you would even welcome death, that is a sign that the enemy has convinced you that you are in a hopeless place and no one not even God can rescue you. Yet, that is precisely the time that God shows up to eliminate any question in your mind that you had a hand in changing your circumstance or bringing about your rescue. God shows up when the only rescue possible is through his power.
When you are able to get up from death's bed and enjoy a bountiful feast how can you keep that to yourself? You are compelled to tell every starving, beaten down, weary, hopeless, imprisoned, blind, sick person, "Wait! Do not give up because I have good news for you. I too was going through your situation and I also saw no hope for rescue, no hope for help and God showed up! He rescued me and I want you to know he can rescue you as well."
