Elisha Held Tight

Synopsis     2Kings 1:17-2:7     7/23/2019 

Ahaziah was the king of Israel. He died after reigning for only two years. He had no sons and so Joram became king after him.  

Meanwhile, God had called Elijah to the Jordan. Elijah knew this would be his final encounter on earth. And so he asked Elisha to remain behind. At several different locations along the journey, he encouraged Elisha to remain.  However, Elisha would not leave Elijah. 

Elisha Held Tight 

Elisha followed Elijah. Years before, he had been personally called to follow Elijah. And he had given up everything else in his life in order to follow.  

He was looking for something from this relationship. And he wasn’t going to be dissuaded from following through to the end. He was determined. 

Hold On Tight To Your Dreams 

Always in life, the temptation is to quite just before the blessings come. The voices I hear encourage me to “let go” and “give up” at a moment just before the fulfillment of my dreams. And sometimes I have succumbed to this temptation. 

It’s a lesson from life and scripture.

God doesn’t stop this from happening. In fact, sometimes it feels like Elijah. It feels like the discouragements of the journey are a deliberate test to see how determined I really am to enter into all that God has promised. 

“From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent are taking it by force.” Matt 11:12