2 Kings 2:9 when they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken from you?” “Let me inherit a double portion of your Spirit.” Elisha replied.
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Heroes in God’s kingdom
Elisha set up a good example for us. His ambition is rare in God’s kingdom, in our church. If there were an “Elijah”, after many years, we could not find a “Elisha” who can surpass his precursor, some time we are too “humble” that we almost lose the heart of striving for God’s kingdom, we are lazy. We should imitate Elisha’s aspiration. We should have the desire to be exhausted for God’s kingdom. We should try our best completely, so that we have done the best we have done, we cannot do better. In Luke 12:48, From everyone who have been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked. So we cannot be lazy, we cannot belittle ourselves. If God has given us much, but we don’t do enough, how can we face the judgments before Him in the future? God is not only love, He is fearful, “Our God is a consuming fire.” It’s necessary that the successor is better than his predecessor in church. The world is advancing quickly everyday, but our church grows so slowly, maybe the reason is the leaders of the church are not better than their predecessors. It’s the leaders’ responsibility to be better than their predecessors. If you don’t have the strong desire to surpass your predecessors, you should not want to be a leader in the church. In 1 Kings 19:4 Elijah’s reason for asking death is unique, from his words we can find his greatness, he said, “I have had enough, Lord, Take my life. I am no better than my ancestors.” Of course, Elijah is a great prophet. But his successor Elisha said “Let me inherit a double portion of your spirit.” He wanted to be much better than Elijah. In our time, in our church, we need the heroes in God’s kingdom who can surpass the great men of church history. We need them to change our church; we need them to change the evil world. Let us prepare our heart, to strive for God’s kingdom. If we are heroes in God’s kingdom, try to imitate Elisha to “inherit a double portion of your spirit”, if we are not heroes, try our best to assist the heroes. So that we can get the same comments from God: “Well done, my good servant!”
