2 Kings 2:15 And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.

The spirit that rested upon Elijah was seen to rest upon Elisha. This is a witness, to display that which is NOT self.

So much effort has been placed into witnessing that I do sometimes wonder if too much effort is placed on effort. I as this because what did Elisha do to show forth the spirit that rested upon him? Nothing but show up.

Matthew 5:15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

The church will so often place emphasis on being the candle. We are not the candle, not the wax, not the wick and surely not the flame. We are the candlestick.

Revelation 2:5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.

Here the candlestick was in danger of removal, not the candle. This is why I focus on the candle rather than the candlestick. I am but a vessel that gives place for the Spirit to rest. I am not the spirit, I am not the power and I am not the witness.

The witness is the one who can see the spirit resting upon me, as the candle rested upon the candlestick. My only responsibility in all this is the same as Elisha, who like many of us, just shows up.

Jeremiah 50:24 I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the Lord.

We have an enemy, that old serpent, Satan. He is a pretender to the throne, not a contender, a pretender. We know from the garden that he is the most subtle of beasts. One of the things that is easily lost on believers are the subtleties.

The tactics of the enemy are like but not the same as those of the Lord’s. Satan knows we cannot be taken. We know we cannot be taken. We are secure in our faith. Here is the subtlety, Satan does not seek to take us unawares, Satan seeks to keep us unawares.

The effective snare is the one that causes you to be distracted by danger. In Vietnam as soon as I saw something that caught my attention I stopped and looked immediately at my path. There would be a pitfall, a trip wire, an improvised explosive device of some kind to which I needed to find.

This subtle enemy knows the scriptures and knows the ways of God and makes this scripture a lie. There is no snare, Satan is not trying to catch us, Satan is trying to distract us. The thing that catches the eye is the distraction. He has flooded our field of vision with warning signs of dangers, so much so that we stop and look to eliminate the danger that does not exist. The distraction is the tactic.

Mark 8:17-18 And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened? Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?

Jesus knew, He is aware. The distractions keep us from seeking truth.