Daily Reflections From Higher Things®

Daily Lectionary: 1 Kings 19:1-21; Ephesians 3:1-21 Also you shall anoint Jehu the son of Nimshi as king over Israel. And Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel Meholah you shall anoint as prophet in your place. (1 Kings 19:16) In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. Israel in the days of Elijah was a rough place to live if you were a faithful follower of God. Jezebel, the wicked queen to King Ahab, was a worshipper of the false gods Baal, Asherah, and many others. She had one goal: to make life miserable for Elijah, the faithful prophet. But the Lord told Elijah he would have a successor, Elisha, who would also be a prophet. That's how it is in this world. No matter how nasty people get towards God's people, no matter how much they try to shut them up or persecute them or even kill them to get rid of them—the Lord still keeps sending preachers to call them to repentance and faith. The Lord sent one prophet after another. Sometimes Israel listened and repented. Sometimes they killed the prophet. Then Jesus came in ful