Elisha the Prophet

So we have Elijah who has been a wonderful prophet for the Lord and has an apprentice that when he dies if he see him go he will become the next prophet. Well Elijah does not die he is taken away in a Chariot of fire and Elisha is now the prophet. When this happens a group of men ask Elisha if they want them to go look for Elijah. Of course Elisha knows that Elijah is in heaven so he says no, but they keep pressuring him. He gives in to the request so as to not get ridiculed. But he has no problem is saying I told you so when they get back and can not fond Elijah.

This starts Elisha on a journey of one miracle after another. He purifies water, he save a widow with an almost endless supply of oil, raises the dead feed a multitude of people on an endless supply of bread. Sound familiar???


I think these miracles are the onset of Jesus coming to town. But if you look at it closely these miracles are not for God. They are for his people. He allows the miracles to happen to bring people to God. Shoot he really provides these miracles to us today. Think about it right now the way our economy is. Most of us still have a place to live, food to eat. These are miracles. We just need to open our eyes to the things he does for us daily and not to forget to thank him for them.