"Places in Our Lives"

December 02, 2023 Daily Devotion: "Places in Our Lives" 2 Kings 2:11–14 New Living Translation 11 As they were walking along and talking, suddenly a chariot of fire appeared, drawn by horses of fire. It drove between the two men, separating them, and Elijah was carried by a whirlwind into heaven. 12 Elisha saw it and cried out, “My father! My father! I see the chariots and charioteers of Israel!” And as they disappeared from sight, Elisha tore his clothes in distress. 13 Elisha picked up Elijah’s cloak, which had fallen when he was taken up. Then Elisha returned to the bank of the Jordan River. 14 He struck the water with Elijah’s cloak and cried out, “Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah?” Then the river divided, and Elisha went across. The place of beginning, the place of the prayer, the place of battle, the place of death. We, too, have such places in our lives. There's a place of beginning. That's home base—the very beginning of our Christian experience when we are born anew. God did a real work in your life as He carried you from that place of communion to the next stage He planned for you. And because you'd learned the value of prayer, you built your altar, and you learned even more at His feet. Search back in time. Remember? Self-denial is hard to learn, but it's worth the effort.