1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:05,160 Speaker 1: Let us pray. And the Man of God said, where 2 00:00:05,160 --> 00:00:08,879 Speaker 1: fell it? And he showed him the place, and he 3 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:12,360 Speaker 1: cut down a stick and cast it thither, and the 4 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 1: iron did swim. Second King's six six. Thank you, Lord 5 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:23,720 Speaker 1: for your continued faithfulness and favor. As I listened to 6 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 1: the readings in Second Kings, I stand in awe and 7 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:32,360 Speaker 1: adoration as I begin to realize that through the story 8 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 1: of the Widow in Debt, you continually pour out the 9 00:00:36,200 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 1: oil of anointing as long as there is an empty 10 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:45,600 Speaker 1: vessel ready to receive what you're pouring out. With this truth, 11 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 1: I declare that my life will serve as an empty vessel, 12 00:00:51,040 --> 00:00:54,320 Speaker 1: so that you can continually pour out your goodness and 13 00:00:54,440 --> 00:01:00,040 Speaker 1: anointing over me and my circumstances like Elisha. I I 14 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:04,640 Speaker 1: declare that your miracles of turning bad situations to good 15 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 1: will follow me. I declare that when my dreams seem 16 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:13,399 Speaker 1: to sink like the axe head, that in your goodness 17 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 1: you will allow it to rise to the top, to 18 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 1: be used for purpose and for building something that brings 19 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 1: you honor. I prophesy over my life right now, that 20 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 1: miracles will be the norm in my life and not 21 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:34,039 Speaker 1: the exception. I know you are good and your name 22 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:41,760 Speaker 1: is all I need to achieve greatness in Jesus's name, Amen. 23 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 1: Listening to these daily prayers strengthens your relationship with God. 24 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 1: Continue hearing from the Lord by listening to today's Bible 25 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:54,640 Speaker 1: in a Year, brought to you by Bible in a 26 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 1: Year dot. 27 00:01:55,320 --> 00:02:06,640 Speaker 2: Com Everyday Miracles. 28 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 3: In our last story, we learned about the three kings 29 00:02:10,680 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 3: battling against the Moabite rebellion. God honored Israel solely because 30 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 3: they aligned themselves with Judah, who remained faithful. Now we 31 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 3: will learn about Elisha's relationship with the people of Israel. 32 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 3: His kind and gentle soul ministered to the sheep of 33 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 3: God every day. Elisha experienced a small miracle as he 34 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 3: gave his life to the service of others. Inspired by 35 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 3: the Book of Second Kings. 36 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 4: Hello, this is Jack Graham with today's episode of the 37 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:46,920 Speaker 4: Bible in a Year podcast. In our previous episode, we 38 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 4: learned how God protected the kings of Judah, Israel, and 39 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:54,840 Speaker 4: Edom against the Moabite rebels. Though Israel's king Joram was 40 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:57,920 Speaker 4: still seeking out foreign gods rather than really turning to 41 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:02,200 Speaker 4: the Lord. Jehasaphat Judas king was righteous and because of 42 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:06,079 Speaker 4: his faithfulness to God, the Lord blessed Israel, Judah and 43 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 4: Edom with a great victory against Moab's army. Today, we'll 44 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:13,960 Speaker 4: dive deeper into the life of Elisha, the great prophet 45 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 4: of God, the man that God had chosen to speak 46 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 4: to Israel in his behalf. Elisha will prove as faithful 47 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:24,320 Speaker 4: in caring for God's people as his mentor Elijah had been, 48 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 4: and he will witness God's unmistakable hand at work each day. 49 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 4: Let's listen now to today's reading. 50 00:03:33,160 --> 00:03:36,360 Speaker 3: The prophet Elisha traveled the land of Israel in search 51 00:03:36,440 --> 00:03:39,840 Speaker 3: of God's will. He would walk into towns, care for 52 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:42,760 Speaker 3: those in need, and then depart to the next place. 53 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:46,920 Speaker 3: He walked with integrity and wisdom. He was alert and 54 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:50,120 Speaker 3: attuned to the will of God. He was sensitive to 55 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:53,560 Speaker 3: the still and quiet voice of God, just as Elijah was. 56 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 3: One day, as Elisha was teaching in a small town, 57 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 3: a widow of a prophet came to him. Her face 58 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 3: was weary from many sleepless nights, her eyes were red 59 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 3: from many tears, and her hair was turning gray. Past 60 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 3: the haggard exterior. Elisha could recognize the woman as the 61 00:04:11,960 --> 00:04:14,480 Speaker 3: wife of one of his dear friends who had passed away. 62 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:18,359 Speaker 3: She clung to him and began to cry. You knew 63 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:22,200 Speaker 3: my husband, she wept. He served you, but now he 64 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:24,560 Speaker 3: is dead and there is no one to care for me. 65 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 3: A dead collector has come to my home, threatening to 66 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 3: take my two boys as slaves. Elisha's heart broke as 67 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:35,479 Speaker 3: he listened to her cries. The shepherding heart of God 68 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 3: was upon him, and he desired for nothing more than 69 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 3: to see her pain relieved. What can I do for you, 70 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:45,240 Speaker 3: Elisha asked, what do you own to give the collector? 71 00:04:45,960 --> 00:04:48,680 Speaker 3: The woman wiped her eyes and said, I have nothing 72 00:04:48,760 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 3: except a flask of olive oil. Elisha gave her a 73 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 3: reassuring smile. Go and find as many empty jars as 74 00:04:56,880 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 3: you can. Borrow some from your friends. Go into your 75 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:04,440 Speaker 3: house and shut the door. Pour the oil from your 76 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:08,159 Speaker 3: flask into the jars, set each one aside. 77 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:09,000 Speaker 1: Once it is filled. 78 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 3: Elisha gave her very specific directions. In his heart, he 79 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 3: was excited to see what the Lord was about to do. 80 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:19,480 Speaker 3: She did as she was told. She filled the jars 81 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:22,120 Speaker 3: of olive oil, and her sons continued to bring more 82 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:25,279 Speaker 3: jars to be filled. To her dismay, the flask of 83 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 3: olive oil continued to pour out oil well beyond its limits. 84 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:32,560 Speaker 3: She watched as jar after jar was filled to the 85 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:36,919 Speaker 3: brim with fresh olive oil. Tears streamed down her face 86 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:40,799 Speaker 3: as she watched the lord's faithfulness unfold before her very eyes. 87 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:44,559 Speaker 3: Once every jar she found was filled with olive oil, 88 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 3: she went back to Elisha and shared with him what 89 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 3: had happened. He smiled and said, now sell the olive 90 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:53,720 Speaker 3: oil to pay off your debts. You should be free 91 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:57,320 Speaker 3: after that. So the woman left with hope in her steps. 92 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:02,480 Speaker 3: Some time after Elisha returned earned to Gilgal. On his travels, 93 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:05,359 Speaker 3: he noticed that the fields of grain were withering away 94 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 3: under the intense eastern sun. A harsh and warm wind 95 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 3: blew in from the south in dust piled up over 96 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:16,120 Speaker 3: the crops. Elisha knew that no good could come of this. 97 00:06:16,920 --> 00:06:21,520 Speaker 3: Gilgal was experiencing a famine. Elisha went into the city 98 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:24,560 Speaker 3: and was invited to a meeting of elders. They were 99 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:28,680 Speaker 3: seated before him and prepared a small meal. One of 100 00:06:28,720 --> 00:06:31,400 Speaker 3: the elders asked the servant to start a fire and 101 00:06:31,440 --> 00:06:34,320 Speaker 3: begin a pot of stew. The servant was quick to 102 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 3: please and began immediately chopping vegetables and tending to the fire. 103 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:41,839 Speaker 3: He went out into the field and gathered more herbs 104 00:06:41,880 --> 00:06:45,039 Speaker 3: and came back with a handful of wild gourds. He 105 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 3: shredded the gourds and put them in the stew. Without 106 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:51,720 Speaker 3: realizing it, he had poisoned the stew with blighted gourds. 107 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 3: They corrupted the stew, making it bitter and deadly. With 108 00:06:56,160 --> 00:07:00,720 Speaker 3: one bite, every elder recognized the stew was poisoned Man 109 00:07:00,839 --> 00:07:04,240 Speaker 3: of God. They exclaimed, there is no way we could 110 00:07:04,240 --> 00:07:07,360 Speaker 3: eat this. So they spat the stew out and berated 111 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 3: the servant. Elisha, without using any harsh words, looked at 112 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:14,239 Speaker 3: the servant and said, bring me some flower. 113 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:15,320 Speaker 4: So he did. 114 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:18,679 Speaker 3: Elisha took the flower and threw it into the pot. 115 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 3: Now it should be good to eat, he said. So 116 00:07:22,320 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 3: the men ate it and were unharmed. They all marveled 117 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:29,760 Speaker 3: in their minds at Elisha's mystic powers. However, they knew 118 00:07:29,880 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 3: it was from God himself. One day, as Elishah was 119 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:36,120 Speaker 3: caring for the needs of the starving people, a man 120 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:39,680 Speaker 3: approached him. The man came with a large basket of loaves. 121 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:43,240 Speaker 3: He was a tall man, stocky, and wore a genuine smile. 122 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:47,400 Speaker 3: He threw the basket down at Elisha's feet and said, here, 123 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 3: I have twenty loaves. Elijah smiled at the gesture and 124 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:54,840 Speaker 3: asked the man to disperse it to the people. There 125 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:58,080 Speaker 3: were over a hundred of them seeking Elisha's care. The 126 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 3: man gave a nervous laugh and said, what how can 127 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 3: I feed a hundred people with twenty small loaves. Elishah 128 00:08:05,320 --> 00:08:08,960 Speaker 3: paid no attention to the man's question and simply repeated himself, 129 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 3: go and give it to the people. 130 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 4: So he did. 131 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:15,720 Speaker 3: He broke up the loaves and began serving the sick 132 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:19,119 Speaker 3: and hungry. To his dismay, there was plenty of bread 133 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 3: for everyone, with several loaves left over. Elisha continued to 134 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 3: tend to the needs of hurting and hungry people. He 135 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 3: found great purpose and fulfillment in helping those who could 136 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:32,600 Speaker 3: not repay him in any way. As he healed, taught, 137 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:35,200 Speaker 3: and tended to them, he began to feel his heart 138 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 3: grow closer to Gods. One day, a group of prophets 139 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:41,280 Speaker 3: came to him and said, we would like to build 140 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:43,920 Speaker 3: a new place for us to meet. Our current home 141 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:46,960 Speaker 3: is too small. Let us go down to the Jordan River. 142 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:50,040 Speaker 3: There are plenty of logs and trees to be used. 143 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 3: Go on ahead, Elisha said, with a grin. However, the 144 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:57,480 Speaker 3: men insisted Elisha go with them, so he finished up 145 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 3: his work and departed to the river with them. When 146 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:02,959 Speaker 3: they arrived, they began to swipe away at the trees. 147 00:09:03,440 --> 00:09:06,960 Speaker 3: They chopped and sawed off all they could see. While 148 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:09,480 Speaker 3: one of them was working, his axe head flew off 149 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 3: his handle and dropped into the bottom of the river. No, 150 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 3: he yelled, that was a borrowed axe. Elishah walked up 151 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:20,200 Speaker 3: to the river. Where did it fall? He asked, still 152 00:09:20,280 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 3: looking at the rushing water. The man pointed to the place, 153 00:09:23,800 --> 00:09:26,360 Speaker 3: so Elishah cut off a stick and threw it into 154 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:29,160 Speaker 3: the water at that spot. Then, like it was a 155 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 3: bobbing apple, the axe floated to the surface of the 156 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:35,920 Speaker 3: water for the man to retrieve. These were the miracles 157 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 3: Elijah dealt with the small and seemingly insignificant problems of 158 00:09:40,320 --> 00:09:44,880 Speaker 3: everyday townsfolk. Elishah helped widows with jars of oil, he 159 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:48,360 Speaker 3: helped elders with stew and beggars with bread. He helped 160 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:51,559 Speaker 3: prophets build homes, and he preached to the average people 161 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:55,200 Speaker 3: of Israel Elijhah gave his life to serve those who 162 00:09:55,280 --> 00:09:58,840 Speaker 3: could not help themselves. This was the heart of God. 163 00:09:59,440 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 3: The heart of God, the God was not just for 164 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:04,280 Speaker 3: kings and warriors. The heart of God was for the widow, 165 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:07,840 Speaker 3: the orphan, the hungry, and the sink. The heart of 166 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:11,400 Speaker 3: God was to help people find hope in everyday life. 167 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:15,040 Speaker 3: So Elisha continued to serve as a shepherd over the people, 168 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 3: and God worked through him day by day. 169 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:24,880 Speaker 4: As we begin today's passage, we see the heart of 170 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:28,280 Speaker 4: Elisha for God's people. He had been called to a 171 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:32,560 Speaker 4: prophetic ministry for sure, speaking God's word to Israel and 172 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 4: to her kings, but he was also called to a 173 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:40,280 Speaker 4: pastoral ministry of caring for God's people. In this passage 174 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:44,280 Speaker 4: we read of four miracles that God performed through Elisha. 175 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:48,000 Speaker 4: The first was for a woman, the widow of a prophet, 176 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:50,720 Speaker 4: who came to Elisha and said she had a debt 177 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:52,960 Speaker 4: she could not repay and feared she would have to 178 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:57,160 Speaker 4: give her sons as slaves to the creditor. Elisha's heart 179 00:10:57,240 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 4: went out to the woman, and we read in Second 180 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:04,079 Speaker 4: the King's Chapter four, verse two, these words, what shall 181 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:07,400 Speaker 4: I do for you? Tell me? What have you in 182 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:09,960 Speaker 4: the house, And she said, your servant has nothing in 183 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:13,400 Speaker 4: the house except a jar of oil. The widow knew 184 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:16,000 Speaker 4: what she liked. She did not have enough. It was 185 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:19,080 Speaker 4: understandable she had just lost her husband. She was a 186 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:22,839 Speaker 4: widow and now in a desperate state. But Elisha looked 187 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:26,560 Speaker 4: at her with eyes of faith and compassion. So he 188 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:29,080 Speaker 4: told her to gather as many jars as she could 189 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:32,360 Speaker 4: from her home, from her friends and her neighbors. He 190 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:34,800 Speaker 4: then had her and her sons go into their home, 191 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:38,000 Speaker 4: close the doors, and begin pouring oil into the jars. 192 00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 4: It probably sounded like a wild and crazy request, but 193 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:45,760 Speaker 4: the woman had faith in the Lord and the Lord's prophet. 194 00:11:45,960 --> 00:11:48,800 Speaker 4: To her amazement, the oil poured freely in a steady 195 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 4: stream until every single jar was full. It was a 196 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:56,720 Speaker 4: full on miracle. What started as not enough even for 197 00:11:56,840 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 4: her was increased by God until she had more and 198 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:02,360 Speaker 4: more than an enough to sell and repay her debt 199 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:07,079 Speaker 4: and live off the rest. What a miracle. Our God 200 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:10,400 Speaker 4: is a god of might and miracles, and we always 201 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:14,439 Speaker 4: don't see physical miracles, but we see the extraordinary provision 202 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:17,600 Speaker 4: of God in our lives, the supernatural provision of God 203 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:21,640 Speaker 4: in our lives each day when we pray and seek him, 204 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:25,360 Speaker 4: God will do the extraordinary through the ordinary in your 205 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:28,959 Speaker 4: life when you give it to Him. The Bible says 206 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:32,040 Speaker 4: that my God shall supply all of your needs according 207 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:35,480 Speaker 4: to His riches in glory in Jesus Christ. That's all 208 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:38,440 Speaker 4: of your needs. And just as God provided for this 209 00:12:38,559 --> 00:12:42,640 Speaker 4: widow and her family, God will provide for you. We 210 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:45,920 Speaker 4: also heard how God worked through Elisha to feed one 211 00:12:46,040 --> 00:12:50,720 Speaker 4: hundred starving men with just twenty small loaves. Again, God 212 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:54,120 Speaker 4: took what was not enough and made it abundant enough 213 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 4: to provide for the needy. And so we have two 214 00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:00,560 Speaker 4: miracles that show us that our God God is the 215 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:03,559 Speaker 4: God of enough, and he can take hour not enough 216 00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 4: and make it more than abundant. The two other miracles 217 00:13:07,559 --> 00:13:09,760 Speaker 4: weren't about God making a lot out of a little, 218 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:12,880 Speaker 4: but they have something in common with each other. Did 219 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:15,600 Speaker 4: you notice it. In the first, a stew that was 220 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:18,880 Speaker 4: poisoned by the careless addition of the wrong ingredient corrupted 221 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:23,280 Speaker 4: gourds became inedible and deadly in a town where famine 222 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:26,560 Speaker 4: was threatening those living there. Losing food like this was tragic. 223 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:29,880 Speaker 4: But then Elisha took some flour and threw it into 224 00:13:29,880 --> 00:13:33,920 Speaker 4: the pot, restoring it miraculously so the elders could eat 225 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:37,560 Speaker 4: it without concern for their safety. And in the second miracle, 226 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:40,840 Speaker 4: an axe had flew off its handle and fell into 227 00:13:40,840 --> 00:13:43,840 Speaker 4: the depths of the Jordan. Like the stew It seemed 228 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:46,320 Speaker 4: like it was lost for good, or so everyone thought. 229 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:51,079 Speaker 4: But God once again works miraculously through Elisha, and the 230 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:54,920 Speaker 4: axe had floated on the surface of the water. Yes, 231 00:13:55,480 --> 00:14:00,320 Speaker 4: it floated, That was the supernatural work of God. Both 232 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:04,120 Speaker 4: miracles demonstrates that God is able to restore what is lost, 233 00:14:04,559 --> 00:14:07,080 Speaker 4: that God is able to do what is needed. That 234 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:09,640 Speaker 4: which is poisoned and bitter can be made right, and 235 00:14:09,679 --> 00:14:14,080 Speaker 4: that which is forever lost, seemingly gone forever can be 236 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:17,800 Speaker 4: found and put to use again. Most of all, this 237 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:21,040 Speaker 4: passage shows us that God is blessing his prophet Elisha 238 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:24,840 Speaker 4: even as he promised, and that the miracles and the 239 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:27,760 Speaker 4: spirit of God that was upon him was flowing freely. 240 00:14:28,440 --> 00:14:31,280 Speaker 4: The miracles Elisha performed pointed to a day and a 241 00:14:31,320 --> 00:14:34,960 Speaker 4: person yet to come. One day God would send Jesus 242 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:38,720 Speaker 4: to provide for our needs, all of them with abundance. 243 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 4: He said, I have come that you might have life 244 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:44,960 Speaker 4: and have it more abundantly. Dear Lord, we thank you 245 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:49,040 Speaker 4: for your miracle working power in our lives, taking ordinary 246 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:52,520 Speaker 4: things and doing extraordinary things. We thank you that what 247 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:54,920 Speaker 4: is lost can be found in you. And when we 248 00:14:55,040 --> 00:15:00,120 Speaker 4: seemingly don't have enough, Lord, you are enough. Thank you 249 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 4: for your faithfulness in our lives. In Christ's name, Amen, 250 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:08,120 Speaker 4: Thank you for listening to today's Bible in a Year podcast. 251 00:15:08,160 --> 00:15:11,800 Speaker 4: I'm Pastor Jack Graham of Dallas, Texas. I would encourage 252 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:15,480 Speaker 4: you to download the Prey dot com app and certainly 253 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:19,000 Speaker 4: to make Bible study and prayer a priority in your life. 254 00:15:19,400 --> 00:15:21,200 Speaker 4: I would encourage you to go to church and be 255 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:25,360 Speaker 4: a part of a Bible believing Christ exalting church. 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