In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he
shall direct thy paths (Proverbs 3:5,6). People
don’t always have the ability to keep their
promises, even if they want to; but God keeps
all of His promises.
Live by divine faith.
Elisha Received a Double Portion
Elisha had followed the prophet Elijah for a
number of years. Their faith matched, and so
did the love of God in their hearts. The time
came when God was going to take Elijah to
Heaven alive; so Elijah said to Elisha,
Ask what I shall do for thee, before
I be taken away from thee. And
Elisha said, I pray thee, let a
double portion of thy spirit be
upon me (II Kings 2:9). Elisha
had watched Elijah for years,
and he knew what Elijah
had from God was real. He
wanted a double portion of
the spirit Elijah had so he
could use it to help others.
And he Elijah said, Thou
hast asked a hard thing:
nevertheless, if thou see me
when I am taken from thee, it
shall be so unto thee; but if not, it
shall not be so (II Kings 2:10). The condition
for that promise to take place was that Elisha
would have to see Elijah go to Heaven; so by
faith, Elisha followed Elijah every day. Then
he was there when God took Elijah home.
And it came to pass, as they still went on,
and talked, that, behold, there appeared a
chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted
them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a
whirlwind into heaven (II Kings 2:11).
As Elisha watched Elijah go, he saw Elijah’s
mantle falling back to the ground; and he knew
his request had been answered. That mantle
contained the double portion of Elijah’s power
he had asked for. He took up also the mantle
of Elijah that fell from him, and went back,
and stood by the bank of Jordan; And he
took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him,
and smote the waters, and said, Where is
the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also
had smitten the waters, they parted hither
and thither: and Elisha went over (II Kings
2:13,14).
God had chosen Elisha to continue Elijah’s
work; and with the double portion of Elijah’s
spirit he had received, Elisha raised the dead
and performed many miracles.
A Woman of Great Faith
The Word of God tells of another widow
woman who cried out to Elisha for help. She
was in great debt; and because of that,
her sons were about to be made
slaves. Then with great compassion,
Elisha asked her, What
hast thou in the house?
And she said, Thine handmaid
hath not anything in
the house, save a pot of
oil (II Kings 4:2). That oil
was a type of the oil of the
Holy Spirit. The woman
needed that oil to survive,
and we must have the oil of
the Spirit to be a success in
the Lord today.
The widow woman must have had
divine faith, or she never would have gone to
see Elisha in the first place. Then he Elisha
said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all
thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow
not a few (II Kings 4:3). Elisha didn’t tell the
woman what was going to happen after she
borrowed the vessels; but because she had faith
in the miracles God had used Elisha to perform,
she knew that his words were the same
as God speaking to her.
It took great humility to knock on someone’s
door and ask for an empty pot, and the neighbors
probably thought the woman was crazy;
but she was simply obeying God. After she had
finished collecting all the pots she could, she
asked Elisha what she should do next. He said,
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