June 8

Elisha, another of my heroes is purposed in seeking the Lord and he does so with the playing of the harp. This is what stood out to me at first in this reading. The Lord was reminding me of what I have known for many years – use songs of worship to draw close to me. It is one of my passions and I was encouraged by the Word of God today to do just that. The prize of this is hearing my Papa!

Yet, as I was about to write the blog, a fact popped into my head. Elisha said that if it were not for King Jehoshaphat he wouldn’t even have come to the meeting. That seemed pretty rude, but there is a lesson in that for me. Not everyone is worthy of my ministry. Even saying that seems rude, but it is true. There are people, that for whatever reason, I should not honor with my place as priest. I think those would be extreme cases but they do exist. The other thing is that some people reject my discipleship, leadership and my teaching. God is telling me to not spend my time on them, but to go to those who are open, willing and desirous to be disciple and taught through me.