Old Testament Faith

We as a church often skim over the Old Testament, some churches even claim to be a "New Testament Church". Every time I read through the book of 2 Kings, the first few chapters make me take inventory of my faith. If it has been a while, the stories in those chapters include Elijah calling down fire from heaven to burn up the captain and his company of 50 men who were sent by the king to get him. Not just once, but twice! The third captain comes with his 50 men and begs Elijah to spare his life! 51 tough, battle trained men are scared to death to take on one prophet in a garment maid of hair! Then in the next chapter, after Elijah gets taken to heaven in a chariot of fire, Elisha is walking along when some teens make fun of his bald head. He cursed them and "two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the youths." When is the last time you heard the pastor of 1st church of your town call down fire from heaven to burn up the people who disagreed with what God had called him to preach? I can see the headlines now. "Sheriff's entire force wiped out" followed by an article describing what happened while they were trying to enforce a law against preaching in public. Anyway, just my thoughts for the day. Have a great one!