God always has a plan for your life even if you don’t it. We as men fail because we don’t follow God’s plan for our life. We often try to take control of our lives because of what we see. We see that our bills need to be paid, so let our tithe giving fall off. We see things that we want and desire and let that overcome good sense. Some of us will fight and overcome great mountains in our lives and then run from the smallest of things. We must learn to trust God and follow His ways for our lives.
19 So he departed from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, while he was plowing with twelve pairs of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth. And Elijah passed over to him and threw his mantle on him.
This is a case of God selecting your replacement. Often in the ways of man we don’t even pray to God about a replacement. We select the one that we think fits the model we want. This doesn’t give you the right to over the one God has sent. He question becomes how do I know? Well if we stay in touch with God and allow him access into our prayer life and stop tell God what and who we want. Then maybe we can see through the eyes of God and select the best man for the job.
The follower doesn’t need to know where they are going they just need to keep up. If you pray to God about a mentor for your life and He sends someone you don’t like get over it. What is it that you want for your life? Do you even know what you want for your life? If you are just praying to God without a point of reference, that’s not God problem. You should work on discover who you are before you start looking for a mentor.
20 He left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, "Please let me kiss my father and my mother, then I will follow you." And he said to him, "Go back again, for what have I done to you?"
Get yourself away from me. Never go to your mentor with an excuse. Hey, mom, dad I love you and I will be back but right now I must go. Here Elisha departed home in good standing. If you notice Elisha asked for permission before running off. The reply could have been misunderstood but remember God sent Elijah to Elisha. So Elijah couldn’t just disregard him. However, who said he had to be nice.
21 So he returned from following him, and took the pair of oxen and sacrificed them and boiled their flesh with the implements of the oxen, and gave it to the people and they ate. Then he arose and followed Elijah and ministered to him.
Elisha destroyed his old life for a new one. How many of us are willing to do this? How often do we try to bring the old life into the new? You want to become a new person but the old man just lives right on in you. We must kill our old self so that our new self will have a place to call home. Clean the old place and start fresh with the word of God in your life. Build a place that He can call home in you.
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