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Caves
Joshua Feuerstein

JKF Publishing
PHOENIX, ARIZONA

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Caves

THE CAVES OF YESTERYEAR are littered with bones and broken pottery. Somewhere deep within these hidden caverns lay stories of treasure and tragedy. Their walls are stained with letters, numbers and drawings, which, when woven together spell out the tales of time. These are the chronicles of the cave dwellers. Centuries of history painstakingly carved into the cold rock wall of someone’s hiding place. However, cave dwellers rarely make history – they simply record it.
For thousands of years they have proven to be both man and mammal’s most natural hiding place. Whether an injured hiker who is seeking shelter from a raging storm or a frightened rabbit hiding from a hungry mountain lion – caves are a refuge for the hunted and the hurting. They are a place we run and hide. We don’t choose caves – we are chased into them. While you may feel lonely, you are not alone. Most of
Scripture’s mightiest men lived in a cave at one time or an-

other. It’s where Elijah hid from Jezebel and David hid from
Saul. Caves are a momentary refuge for the fearful. Isn’t it ironic that after having demonstrated God’s power in marvelous ways, some of God’s most anointed vessels still succumbed to fear and sought refuge in a cave.
We don’t choose caves — we are chased into them.

Elijah had just been standing on the top of Mount Carmel and calling down

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