Join us as we read the scriptures and a daily devotion written by Don Crisp. We pray these messages will bless us all at this time.
Fri 21st August 2 Kings chapter 2:13-15:
Categories: Don’s Daily Devotions
Fri 21st August Read 2 Kings chapter 2:13-15:
V13: Elisha takes up Elijah’s cloak – the symbol of the prophetic office, remember – which had fallen from his shoulders. He has seen, he has the cloak, God has endorsed his call and the role he now has, and he returns to the Jordan.
V14: He strikes the water with that cloak, just as Elijah had done, and calls on Elijah’s God to show that He is with him, and the waters part, as they once had to endorse that Joshua was God’s appointed man to succeed Moses – so here for Elisha to succeed Elijah – God’s work does not depend on any human servant in himself, but only on God’s own sovereign power.
V15: The sons of the prophets, watching from a distance, recognise that the same Spirit of God that had equipped Elijah does indeed now rest on Elisha – his request has been granted. So, they show him reverence, as the Lord’s chosen servant.