Who you canceling?

Reading: 2 Kings 2-4 and Revelation 14

Scripture: 2 Kings 2: 23-24, He went up from there to Bethel, and while he was going up on the way, some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him, saying, “Go up, you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead!” And he turned around, and when he saw them, he cursed them in the name of the Lord. And two she-bears came out of the woods and tore forty-two of the boys.

Thoughts: In this day and age of cancel culture and media shaming, we are all quick to write someone off or ridicule them for something they have said or done. These boys decided to go taunt this man of God, we are not told if these boys knew that this was Elisha but there was a large number of them, large enough that the, she bears tore forty-two of them. When we criticize and cancel people because of something they have done, do we really know who we are canceling? Is this a prophet who could call the bears? Let us not cancel people but let us have a conversation that could allow us to come to an understanding and in that conversation, we could find that we are in the wrong. Be open to talking to people that have a different point of view and not canceling them just because they think differently.

Prayer: Lord God, your truth is higher than mine, your ways are higher than mine. Open my eyes to your truth and help me to walk in your ways. Continue to mold me and refine me into the person you call me to be. Fill me with your spirit and help me to hear your discerning voice to see and hear the truth.