And it came to pass, when the Lord would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. [2] And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the Lord hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Bethel. [3] And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Lord will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. [4] And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the Lord hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho. [5] And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Lord will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. [6] And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the Lord hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on. [7] And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan. [8] And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.
[9] And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. [10] And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so. [11] And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
[12] And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces. [13] He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan; [14] And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the Lord God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over. [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.
REVIEW
I love these verses in 2 kings2:1-15 We see the story of Elijah and Elisha. I want to bring out a few points on how we can recieve the double portion annointing or spirit. I see in these days people want to be great and people want quick annointings in the body of Christ. But lets see God,s divine plann on how to do things God,s way and God,s order. To many christians and people with great callings miss their timing and seasons because of not doing things God way. So lets get to the points of intrest.
Connect-to attach, hook up, join
This is a very important key action word when it comes to recieving the annointing. You got connect with the right leader. So many people want to be renagaides in the body and walk alone. WRONG MINDSET!!. We see in the verses that Elisha WILLINGLY connect himself to Elijha. Its God order.
Consistancey-the ability to maintain a particular standard or repeat a particular task
This also is very very important when it comes to you recieving the annointing. We just give up to easy. We see that Elisha went everywere his leader went and told his leader that he want leave him. Wow that is so awesome. He stayed the course. To many people wonder when its there time. God has a time for you and its when he say so not YOU!!! Our attuitude should be im following my leader not for fame or a big name but to let him know im there for him and have a servants heart. People of God stick to the task
Dont quit your day is coming stay with your leader
Humility-humbleness, meekness, modeness
Wow !!!So many people want to been seen as great along with there leader. Its not about you !!!
I love the reply when the sons of the prophet told Elisha about his master been taking up. They tried to pump his head up. But Elisha just said hold your peace. My God my God. what a awesome response. He could have easy said "Yea man Im going to be the next big prophet'. Hear this in the holy ghost people of God. When you are following a great leader and serving DONT LET PEOPLE FOCUS ON YOU. STAY HUMBLE AND SERVE. A lot of people left under good leaders because of people pumping them up and saying things like' THEY TRYING TO HOLD YOU BACK" help them people Lord lol. YOUR TIME WILL COME STAY HUMBLE.
LEARN-aquire imformation or skill
I love this !!I love this . We see the end result after Elijah went to heaven that Elisha took the mantle and put in to use what he learned from his leader. SOOO AWESOME!!. While you are close to your leaders you must learn from them. you must learn how God uses them and the order that they walk in. Learn ,learn , learn. Elisha was mature enough to handle the double portion because he was mature and ready. God is not going to release this type of annointing to immature or people who is not willing to learn.
Thank you soo much. My prayer is that this teaching bless you and bring you into a greater awareness of the way God does things.
I love you all
Brother Rock Harrison~~servant and son
My leaders- Apostle David & Lillie Allen
Christ Bible Discipleship Worship Center
Marshville, NC
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