Mockers Sensationally Restrained

This stunning incident took place after the miraculous restoration of fresh water at Jericho. Elisha was certainly in his ascendancy as Elijah's successor. He was confronted with mob hostility and was protected by divinely sent sensational restraint that fit the ocassion.
There is a great deal in this amazing passage for us to apply in our times. Is there not mob hostility on the left hand and on the right? And shouldn't this passage shape our response?