” And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.” – 2 Kings 13:21
Yesterday’s message was also related to Elisha’s death and you might think that’s the end of the story, but it isn’t. As He does so often, God gives us a miracle with a message. Here we find a reminder of a person’s influence after death. It is said of Abel, “he being dead yet speaketh” (Heb. 11: ) and the same could be said of all of us. Some day they will bury your body, but your influence, for good or bad, will live on. Like an invisible hand from the grave it will touch the lives of others. Here’s what J. R. Miller said of this text. :
“The bones of Elisha had no more power in themselves to give life—than any other dead man’s bones. Yet we may get here the lesson of posthumous influence. No man ever wholly dies. We have nothing to do with superstitious nonsense about relics, saints’ bones, and bits of holy men’s clothing or of their coffins; but it is true that a really godly man has influence after he dies. He leaves behind him something which cannot die. His name has power. If he writes good books, these live after him, and give life to the souls that their words touch. We ought ever to seek to live—so as not only to be missed and mourned when we die—but to live on after death in our works, our name, our influence.”
There is no doubt about it, you will outlive your life. The only question is “What will the message be?” – HDS
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
5801 FM 1960 E
Humble, TX. 77346
