Apparently, the boy had some kind of aneurysm and he died at a young age while sitting on his mother’s lap. What a tragic event. But like the death of Lazarus, God allowed it to bring glory to Himself! If nothing bad ever happened, God could not receive glory for the miracles he performs.
Certainly her heart was grieving that God could allow her to have the son and yet now took the son away for apparently no reason. It would be entirely understandable for her to ask “Why God?”, to become angry with God, and ask “Why is God toying with me?” and perhaps even doubt the existence of God.
... Proven by her actions. She placed the boy’s body in the house on the bed. This was not the place to put a body to be prepared for burial. Why then did she do this? She expected the boy to be raised from the dead!
....Proven by her respect for authority. Even though this is a desperate time and she needs to get to Elisha for help, she still asks her husband’s permission to go see the man of God.
...Proven by her faith during adversity. Notice, her husband had to ask why she was going to see the man of God. He didn’t know the boy was dead! Remember, when the boy fell ill, he sent him home to his mother, not knowing the fatal outcome. And she doesn’t give him the reason for the trip to Elisha. Her faith that the boy will walk again is so great that not even the look on her face betrayed the fact that her only son, given by a miracle, died in her arms just moments before! God give us mothers with such faith today!
...Proven by her faithfulness to God. Consider the husband’s question: Why are going to see the man of God today? It’s not new moon or Sabbath, those feast days of the Lord when she would go to the assembly and Elisha would lead the people to hear the word, pray and praise God. He well understood that she faithfully attended the times of worship.
...Proven by her concern for her child. She fervently desired to do whatever she had to do to ensure her child lived again. That meant getting to Elisha quickly so she told her servant to drive the cart quickly and don’t slow down for the bumpy ride. She was willing to become uncomfortable and inconvenienced for the sake of her child. She did not see her children as an obstacle to her desires.
The Lord rewarded her faithfulness yet again and the child was raised from the dead. Hebrews 11:35 Women received their dead raised to life again...
