2 Kings 2 (Amplified Bible)
11 As they still went on and talked, behold, a chariot of fire and horses
of fire parted the two of them, and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
12 And Elisha saw it and he cried, My father, my father! The chariot of
Israel and its horsemen! And he saw him no more. And he took hold of his own
clothes and tore them in two pieces.
13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him and went back
and stood by the bank of the Jordan.
There comes a time when we all have to face our ‘Jordan’
when something happens and we need to take over from our peers.
As Elijah was preparing Elisha for the job at hand they were
strolling down and all of a sudden out from the heavens came a chariot of fire
and horses of fire which parted both Elijah and Elisha. Thinking about that I was struck by the
description of how the Lord sent a chariot from heaven to pick Elijah up and
bring him into heaven. Totally amazing
was this and must have struck Elisha as wonderful.
Elisha wanted to be as good as Elijah. Now he didn’t have his mentor anymore, he had
to get up and move on. He could stand
around and mope all day but he took the mantle for Elijah that fell to the
ground and threw it over his shoulders.
Reading him to take up his position.
He started doing exactly what Elijah taught him.
Take up your position as you go through your Jordan, live
starts now. It won’t be easy but you can
do this. You have been preparing for so
long.
