I read this story today in a talk that Elder Jeffrey R. Holland spoke at BYU. I really liked the whole talk but this story was really great. You should read the whole talk . Elisha, with a power known only to the prophets, had counseled the king of Israel on how and where and when to defend against the warring Syrians. The king of Syria, of course, wished to rid his armies of this prophetic problem. So, and I quote: “Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about. “… (They) compassed the city both with horses and chariots.” (2 Kgs. 6:14–15.) If Elisha is looking for a good time to be depressed, this is it. His only ally is a boy who in modern times might be the president of the local teachers quorum. It is one prophet and one lad against the world. And the boy is petrified. He sees the enemy everywhere—difficulty and despair and problems and burdens everywhere. He cannot leave, and all he can see is an evil and me...