What does it mean to sustain our lives? Are there things in our lives that must die for us to truly live? What are those things? How do we discover or uncover them and sufficiently rid them so that we may live more fully in the promises of God for our lives?
For our lectionary lesson this Sunday, the 6th of June, we look at a passage regarding Elijah's participation in the healing of a young man who is considered dead. How can we participate in the resurrection of our own lives and those of others?
Our passage is from 1 Kings 17:17-24
17:17 After this the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became ill; his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him.
17:18 She then said to Elijah, "What have you against me, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to cause the death of my son!"
17:19 But he said to her, "Give me your son." He took him from her bosom, carried him up into the upper chamber where he was lodging, and laid him on his own bed.
17:20 He cried out to the LORD, "O LORD my God, have you brought calamity even upon the widow with whom I am staying, by killing her son?"
17:21 Then he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried out to the LORD, "O LORD my God, let this child's life come into him again."
17:22 The LORD listened to the voice of Elijah; the life of the child came into him again, and he revived.
17:23 Elijah took the child, brought him down from the upper chamber into the house, and gave him to his mother; then Elijah said, "See, your son is alive."
17:24 So the woman said to Elijah, "Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in your mouth is truth."
Walter Morton for Journey Across the Line
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