2 Kings 4:43

Servitor. Heb. meshareth, a servant, but generally of a higher order than is signified by ‘ebed, the common word for “servant.” Thus Joshua is called the meshareth of Moses (Ex. 24:13), and the angels are called mesharethim, “ministers” (Ps. 104:4).

The servant looked upon the first fruits with the eyes of man, but Elisha looked upon that same gift of food with the eyes of faith and of God. To the servitor the command of the prophet seemed almost foolish and impossible of accomplishment. What would 20 small barley cakes and a bit of grain do to satisfy the hunger of 100 men? Of a similar spirit was the question of Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, when Jesus was about to feed the multitude with the 5 barley loaves and 2 small fishes, “What are they among so many?” (John 6:9). Multitudes still go hungry today because of the lack of faith on the part of those who think of themselves as children of God.