(REFLECTIONS ON 2 Kings 3:1-27) Elisha, prophet of the Lord, taking the baton from Elijah to continue in the Lord’s work, ministered as Elijah did in the midst of corruption, political conflict, and human depravity. Despite the darkness, the servants of the Lord did what they could to remain faithful to the Lord and minister to His people. […]

(REFLECTIONS ON 2 Kings 2:1-25) Elijah’s ministry is coming to an end, and it is fitting that we are taken back to the place where Moses’ ministry also ended. Elijah journeyed from Gilgal, to Bethel, to Jericho, and then east across the Jordan River. It was there, east of the Jordan where Moses’ ministry ended, that […]

(REFLECTIONS ON 2 Kings 1:1-18) When Ahaziah king of Israel became ill, he sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether he would recover from his sickness. However, Elijah, prophet of the Lord, by instruction from God, met the messengers on their way to inquire of Baal-zebub. 5 When the messengers returned to […]

(REFLECTIONS ON 1 Kings 22:41-53) 47 Now there was no king in Edom; a deputy was king. 48 Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they did not go, for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber. 49 Then Ahaziah the son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my servants go with your servants in the ships.” […]

(REFLECTIONS ON 1 Kings 21:1-29) In 1 Kings 20:43, we read that Ahab, king of Israel, went to his house sullen and vexed. This was likely because things did not go his way after making a covenant with Ben-hadad, king of Aram. In today’s Scripture, we see Ahab respond in the same way when he once […]

(REFLECTIONS ON 1 Kings 20:1-43) In 1 Kings 19:15, the Lord said to Elijah the prophet, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus, and when you have arrived, you shall anoint Hazael king over Aram; Just a chapter later in 1 Kings 20, we see an opportunity for Ahab king of Israel to […]

(REFLECTIONS ON 1 Kings 19:1-21) In today’s Scripture, we continue the journey of Elijah as he struggles against Ahab, king of the northern kingdom of Israel, and Queen Jezebel. Jezebel had previously destroyed the prophets of the Lord. Elijah then killed the prophets of Baal and Asherah. Now the conflict had come to a head in […]

(REFLECTIONS ON 1 Kings 18:1-46) After three years of famine, Elijah was commanded by the Lord to show himself to Ahab, king of the northern kingdom of Israel. Ahab was greatly influenced by his wife Jezebel, a Sidonian, a worshiper of Baal. She led Ahab and all of Israel to turn to Baal instead of worship […]

(REFLECTIONS ON 1 Kings 17:1-24) As Elijah enters the picture, during a time that the king of Israel, Ahab has led Israel away from the Lord, we see an amazing interaction between the prophet of the Lord and a widow. The stage is first set with Elijah saying to Ahab, 1 “As the Lord, the God […]