When Herod realized that he had been deceived by the magi, he became furious. He ordered the massacre of all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had ascertained from the magi. -- Matthew 2:16 (NAB)
I've long felt that the Lord has something very special in mind for the Elisha generation. What is particularly amazing to me is how the evil one seems to have sensed this, and so has tried to destroy them even from their mothers' wombs, just as he tried to destroy Jesus shortly after His birth. Those he was not able to destroy in the womb he has continued to pursue with all the terrible things that "the world, the flesh, and the devil" can devise.
But those who have surrendered their lives to the Lordship of Jesus are showing signs of becoming amazing young men and women. Recently I was looking at the blogs of two of our young adults who are serving the Lord full-time in third world countries. I also had the opportunity to watch on YouTube the vocation stories of some young men that I know who are in seminary. I marvel at the generosity of these young men and women in their response to the Lord, a generosity that is by no means unique to them. It is truly awe-inspiring.
Dear Lord Jesus, I praise and bless You for what You are doing in the lives of the "Elishas." I ask You to protect from harm those who have already surrendered their lives to You and to snatch from the jaws of the lion those who are in danger of being destroyed. May Your will be accomplished through, with and in them, both now and forever. Amen.
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