February 1, 2025, 2 Kings 2:15-25
February 1, 2025, 2 Kings 2:15-25
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Now when the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho saw him opposite
them, they said, “The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha.” And they came to meet
him and bowed to the ground before him. 16 And they said to him,
“Behold now, there are with your servants fifty strong men. Please let them go
and seek your master. It may be that the Spirit of the LORD has
caught him up and cast him upon some mountain or into some valley.” And he
said, “You shall not send.” 17 But when they urged him till he
was ashamed, he said, “Send.” They sent therefore fifty men. And for three days
they sought him but did not find him. 18 And they came back to him
while he was staying at Jericho, and he said to them, “Did I not say to you,
‘Do not go’?” 19 Now the men of the city said to Elisha, “Behold, the
situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees, but the water is bad, and
the land is unfruitful.” 20 He said, “Bring me a new bowl, and put
salt in it.” So they brought it to him. 21 Then he went to the
spring of water and threw salt in it and said, “Thus says the LORD, I
have healed this water; from now on neither death nor miscarriage shall come
from it.” 22 So the water has been healed to this day, according to
the word that Elisha spoke. 23 He went up from there to Bethel, and while
he was going up on the way, some small boys came out of the city and jeered at
him, saying, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!” 24 And he
turned around, and when he saw them, he cursed them in the name of
the LORD. And two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of
the boys. 25 From there he went on to Mount Carmel, and from
there he returned to Samaria.
Here
we see Elisha heal the waters at Jericho, at the request of the men of Jerocho
and the chapter is concluded with the destruction of forty two children at
Bethel by bears. Elisha was tested early
in his ministry as he endured pressures from others.
Are
we tested by today’s society? In what
ways?
The
world often disrespects God, His people and His word?
As
you strive to minister, what challenges do you face and how do you overcome
these distractions and challenges?
Robin
Adams
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