23 SEP 23 Saturday: A Closer Walk Devotional
“Elisha picked up Elijah’s cloak, which had fallen when he was taken up. Then Elisha returned to the bank of the Jordan River. He struck the water with Elijah’s cloak and cried out, ‘Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah?’ Then the river divided, and Elisha went across.” 2 Kings 2:13-14
Has there been a person in your life who was a role model for you? Did you want to be like that person? As children and teenagers, we often find those figures who become our heroes or someone who captures our attention. Passions and purpose can spark from that moment and can last a lifetime. I find it is not the person himself, but what is inside them that draws us.
Elijah and Elisha were prophets of God in the Hebrew Bible. Elisha was Elijah’s apprentice and was seeing the work of God through Elijah. Elijah was speaking direct messages from God, pronouncing judgment, and performing miracles. He was a vessel of honor unto the Lord and Elisha desperately wanted to have what Elijah had. One thing is clear, it is up to God to choose the vessels of honor and dishonor. Before Elijah was caught up to heaven, he told Elisha that if he saw him go up to heaven then he would know that God had chosen him to carry out the work he had been trained to do.
Elisha saw him and trusted God to follow through with the promise. He grabbed Elijah’s cloak slapped the water of the Jordan and cried out, ‘Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah?’ He wanted God to show up and show out. He knew that he couldn’t do this life in his own power, he needed God to do it through him. As Jesus said, apart from me you can do nothing. (John 15:5) God worked through Elisha in power to part the Jordan River and many other things in his life. If you are in Christ, he will work through you too.
Do you know that God wants to work powerfully through you?
Reading Plan: Psalm 75, 76; 2 Kings. 2:1-18; 1 Cor 4: 1-7; Matt. 5:17-20
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