Have Faith!

2nd Kings 4:16 "At this season, about this time next year, you shall embrace a son."

As I continue with my study we seagway from Elijah to his replacement Elisha. As Elisha asked for a double portion of what Elijah had we see how that was answered.

This particular section is right after Elisha succeeds Elijah. The Shunammite woman was kind to Elisha and actually had her husband make a place for him to be able to stay at when he is in town. Because of her generosity Elisha had his servant ask her if there was anything she wanted. She asked for a son, because she did not have one and her husband was getting old. It turns out she did have a son a year later. Life probably seemed so great once she found out she was pregnant. How great it was to have a son, he probably worked with the father and the mother loved him. One day the son said his head hurt and was carried home and died in his mother's lap. 

All of a sudden the life that she new was fading and becoming out of control. But we see that she did not stop with that. She said I know how this can be in control and who can do it. We see she placed him on the prophets bed not of look what you did but I know he can do something. Then she not only got on a donkey but looked for the prophet herself. She had so much faithto know this was not, there was more and she knew who to go to.

Today at church there is a funeral going on for a Caltrans worker who was killed while he was working on the freeway. It was amazing to see the parking lot full of Caltrans vehicles and the sanctuary was full of workers, friends, and family of the man that died. At this tragedy I know life is valuable and also things happen that we least expect. As I am reminded through reading this section that this life is not it, there is more to it. There is the hope of heaven. How many of us know that we need to be the one runs to run to Christ? Hopefully all of us know this and we can point people in the right direction. He is the only way. May we desire Jesus more than ever because we do not know what tomorrow holds.

PJ