The stories of Elijah and Elisha are strange to be sure. Within the books of 1 & 2 Kings you find recording after recording of each of the kings of Israel and Judah, continuing to take the people of God in a downward spiral. The people are led astray by each king's unwillingness to put away foreign gods and worship the true God alone. But then right in the middle of the story, this downward spiral is interrupted by the ministries of Elijah and Elisha. Through them God calls his people back to him, but he does so in very strange ways by creating a deep thirst within his people.
