IMITATE THEIR FAITH/He Endured in the Face of Injustice

 ELIJAH walked along the Jordan Valley. He had been journeying for weeks, making his way north from distant Mount Horeb. Now, back in Israel at last, he could see changes in his homeland. The effects of the long drought were starting to fade. The soft autumn rains had begun to fall, and farmers were out plowing their fields.  It may have brought a measure of peace to the prophet's heart to see the land healing, but it was the people he cared about most. Spiritually, they were far from well. The plague of Baal worship was still prevalent among them, and Elijah had much work to do.

Near the town of Abel-Meholah, Elijah saw a large-scale farming project under way. There were twenty-four oxen yoked in pairs, and the 12 teams were plowing in tandem, drawing parallel furrows in the damp soil. The man driving them was the one Elijah was seeking. It was Elisha, the man Jehovah had selected as Elijah's successor. Elijah had once thought that he was alone in his loyalty to God, so he was no doubt eager to meet this man. - 1 KINGS 18:22; 19:14-19.

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