Daily Devotional
By Pastor Jerry Teboe
A Closer Walk with Christ in 2026
Mountain Top Series – Part 9
Seeing the Unseen
2 Kings 6:17
And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
The prophet Elisha had a great ministry. When his mentor Elijah was about to be taken to heaven, he allowed Elisha to make a request from the Lord. His request was that he might receive a double portion of the Spirit that Elijah had. That request was granted, and the miracles he did were twice those done by Elijah.
In this chapter, we see that when the enemy came against Israel, Elisha was able to predict the movement of the enemy. Because of this information, the king of Syria, who was fighting against Israel, thought there was a traitor in his council since everything he said was known to the king of Israel. When the Syrian king asked who the traitor could be, he was told that there wasn’t one, rather it was the prophet of the Lord in Israel who told the king of Israel what was going to happen. After the king of Syria heard this, he decided to send an army to Dothan where the prophet lived in order to capture him.
When the Syrian army arrived, Elisha’s servant was worried, but Elisha told him not to be concerned. He said, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. That was when Elisha prayed for his eyes to be opened. And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
Today, we are not going to see the Lord’s army in the clouds, but we can be assured that just as God was watching over Elisha, He is watching over us. We are told of God’s power which is in the form of the Holy Spirit. Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world (1 John 4:4).
We too can see the unseen when we look through the eyes of faith. With God nothing is impossible, so we can be sure that He is in control of our lives and is always watching out for us even as He did for Elisha.
Bible Reading for the Year
January 20th, Genesis 46-48; Matthew 14:22-36
Prayer Needs
Please pray for Deb Skinner who has surgery today, the 20th.
Please pray for Marvin Silverthorne. He will see his eye doctor today, January 20th.
Please continue to pray for Jennifer Teboe Buchamer. She will have a CT scan on February 4th and see the doctor on February 6th, at Duke.
Please pray for Jackson Broome. They have chosen to go with chemotherapy which will begin on February 4th. The transplant will take place on February 11th.
Please pray for Griselda Ramirez’s mother, Luisa. Her heart failure is getting much worse. Pray for wisdom for the doctors to be able to help her.
Please pray for Ricky Hill, a coworker of Jeremy Hewitt, who has a tumor on his kidneys which is cancerous. He will have surgery on Feb 16th at Duke to remove the tumor. The doctor is hoping to save the kidney if possible.
Please continue to pray for Beth Buchta that her hip can continue to heal, and she can begin to do a little more each day.
Please pray for Melva Jordan, Dr. Jordan’s wife. She saw the electrophysiologist on the 16th, and it was determined she needs a pacemaker and defibrillator.
Pray for Anderson and Meredith Womble’s baby. The baby boy had heart surgery Monday. The surgery was long, almost 7 hours, but it went well. There is still a long way to go. Pray for a full recovery!
Please continue to pray for Phil Corey. Pray for his continual dialysis treatments.
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Pray for our Missionaries!
Sue Singleton and the mission in Cambodia
Dr. Joe Jordan and the CBM (Cross and Bible Ministries)
Travis and Caroline Fennessy – IBM missionaries to Southeast Asia