Despair and a Ministering Angel Pt 2

<p>Air Date: 09 28 21</p> <p>For Elijah Himself</p> <p>In the first place, it has a meaning for Elijah himself. He needed to be quiet. He needed to find that the forces that he was longing for were not the highest forces at God's command. His stern, strong nature needed to be subdued and taught the deepest power of gentleness and love.</p> <p> </p> <p>Elijah and Elisha</p> <p>Secondly, it had a yet higher meaning: it was a sort of picture of the two ministries of Elijah and Elisha. His was but a temporary dispensation. He came as the winter before the spring, as the plow before the sower, as the storm before the shower. His was the ministry of judgment and destruction. But the sunshine of spring is stronger than the storms of winter. The little seed that drops into the soil is mightier than the plowshare that digs the furrow or the dynamite that blasts the rocks. So the gentle ministry of Elisha which was to follow was more mighty and more fruitful than all the destructive miracles of the great Elijah. He had his place; but the earthquake, the whirlwind and the fire of his awful judgments had to pass away, and "the still, small voice" of Elisha's gentler teachings and miracles of grace had to come instead.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>Listen to Abiding in Christ Ministries with radio host Lesha Cantrell Monday through Friday at 6:45am (MT) on AM670, KLTT in Colorado; online at 670kltt.com; or via your mobile device on the free KLTT app. May God richly bless you as you abide in Christ</p>