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Today’s Bible Reading: 2 Kings 1; 2 Kings 2; 2 Kings 3; Psalm 82; 1 Timothy 1 (The Message)

Scripture Focus:

2 Kings 2:13–14 He took Elijah’s cloak—all that was left of Elijah!—and hit the river with it, saying, “Now where is the God of Elijah? Where is he?” When he struck the water, the river divided and Elisha walked through.

Observation:

I love the way Elisha invokes the God of Elijah. In the previous chapter of Kings Elisha had just seen his master and mentor, Elijah, incinerate 100 men who had tried to take him by force to King Ahaziah. This was just one of many amazing deeds Elisha had seen while learning to be a protege of Elijah.

When Elijah was taken to heaven in a whirlwind and chariot of fire, Elisha was left only with Elijah’s robe and the promise that he would be like Elijah. His first act was to strike the Jordan with Elijah’s robe and say, “Now where is the God of Elijah? Where is he?”

And God comes through for him.

Application:

I don’t know why it is that certain people have the faith to call on God and so confidently know that God is going to answer them and grant their request. But the rest of us should take a cue from Elisha who cried out, “Now where is the God of Elijah?!”

It seems we can get God’s attention when we remind him of what he has done in the past for people like Elijah, who, as James 5:17 says, was a man just like us.

Prayer:

Father God . . . (personal)

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