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2 Kings 1:1-2:25
Good leaders train up successors. This is one of the examples in the Bible of where succession worked really well.
A good mentor is a great gift. Elijah was a mentor to Elisha and passed on his power to him. Elisha had asked, ‘Let me inherit a double portion of your spirit’ (2:9). He wanted to be a holy man, just like his mentor.
Elijah told him he could get what he asked for if he stuck with him to the very end: ‘If you’re watching when I’m taken from you, you’ll get what you’ve asked for. But only if you’re watching (v.10, MSG).
‘Stickability’ is so important in ministry. It is easy to start off with zeal and enthusiasm, but not everyone has the ‘stickability’ to endure hard work, difficulties and disappointments and see things through to the end in the way that Elisha did.
Elisha did indeed receive ‘a double portion’. (The book of Kings records that Elisha performed twice as many miracles as his mentor.) The mantle of Elijah fell on Elisha (v.13). It was clear to all who were watching that Elisha was the anointed successor: ‘the spirit of Elijah is resting on Elisha’ (v.15).
The account of Elijah and his extraordinary power to
2 Kings 1:1-2:25
Good leaders train up successors. This is one of the examples in the Bible of where succession worked really well.
A good mentor is a great gift. Elijah was a mentor to Elisha and passed on his power to him. Elisha had asked, ‘Let me inherit a double portion of your spirit’ (2:9). He wanted to be a holy man, just like his mentor.
Elijah told him he could get what he asked for if he stuck with him to the very end: ‘If you’re watching when I’m taken from you, you’ll get what you’ve asked for. But only if you’re watching (v.10, MSG).
‘Stickability’ is so important in ministry. It is easy to start off with zeal and enthusiasm, but not everyone has the ‘stickability’ to endure hard work, difficulties and disappointments and see things through to the end in the way that Elisha did.
Elisha did indeed receive ‘a double portion’. (The book of Kings records that Elisha performed twice as many miracles as his mentor.) The mantle of Elijah fell on Elisha (v.13). It was clear to all who were watching that Elisha was the anointed successor: ‘the spirit of Elijah is resting on Elisha’ (v.15).
The account of Elijah and his extraordinary power to
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