It is not wrong for you to depend on your “Elijah” for as long as
God gives him to you. But remember that the time will come when he must
leave and will no longer be your guide and your leader, because God does
not intend for him to stay. Even the thought of that causes you to say,
“I cannot continue without my ’Elijah.’ ” Yet God says you must
continue.
Alone at Your “Jordan” (2 Kings 2:14).
The Jordan River represents the type of separation where you have no
fellowship with anyone else, and where no one else can take your
responsibility from you. You now have to put to the test what you
learned when you were with your “Elijah.” You have been to the Jordan
over and over again with Elijah, but now you are facing it alone. There
is no use in saying that you cannot go— the experience is here, and you
must go. If you truly want to know whether or not God is the God your
faith believes Him to be, then go through your “Jordan” alone.
Alone at Your “Jericho” (2 Kings 2:15).
Jericho represents the place where you have seen your “Elijah” do great
things. Yet when you come alone to your “Jericho,” you have a strong
reluctance to take the initiative and trust in God, wanting, instead,
for someone else to take it for you. But if you remain true to what you
learned while with your “Elijah,” you will receive a sign, as Elisha
did, that God is with you.
Alone at Your “Bethel” (2 Kings 2:23).
At your “Bethel” you will find yourself at your wits’ end but at the
beginning of God’s wisdom. When you come to your wits’ end and feel
inclined to panic— don’t! Stand true to God and He will bring out His
truth in a way that will make your life an expression of worship. Put
into practice what you learned while with your “Elijah”— use his mantle
and pray (see 2 Kings 2:13-14). Make a determination to trust in God, and do not even look for Elijah anymore.
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