I must admit I’m starting to feel rather stupid writing these blogs. It appears that very few if any read them — unless I happen to ask some folks if they’ve read them. But, I’m going to write anyway. There may come a point in time where the things I write may touch and minister to someone somewhere. I hope, and trust, that will happen.

Let’s imagine this Sabbath I decide to put a basin of water just inside the entryway to the room in which we worship. You see me come in, dip my hand in it, and bless myself by making the sign of the cross. And then as I go to sit down, I kneel beside my seat and bless myself again. For sake of discussion: Is there anything necessarily wrong with doing those things? The action is relatively harmless in-and-of-itself. But, what kind of message would that convey? Does it line up with who we are in Messiah and what we are trying to convey at our Sabbath meetings?

Gehazi is any interesting figure to me. He had the incredible privilege of serving under the great prophet Elisha. Can you imagine what that must have been like? I mean, wake up every morning knowing that you’ll be hanging out with Elisha. It doesn’t get much better than that. I sometimes try to imagine what it would have been like if I had been able to hang around a great man of God like this. How would his life impact me? Would I be satisfied and fulfilled just by knowing the wonderful opportunity God had provided for me?

“And there was great indignation against Israel” II Kings 3:27 Israel always seems to get slammed. In this instance it was because, under the direction of Elisha, they crushed the Moabites. They did what they were supposed to do in obedience to God.

There are several Bible characters that significantly speak to my heart. Elijah is one of my favorites. His Hebrew name is actually Eliyah which means: My El is Yehovah. We’re given some interesting information about him in James chapter 5.