ASLC Devotions -- Friday

2 Kings 2:11-12

¹¹As they continued walking and talking, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them, and Elijah ascended in a whirlwind into heaven. ¹²Elisha kept watching and crying out, “Father, father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” But when he could no longer see him, he grasped his own clothes and tore them in two pieces.

In the preceding verses Elisha has told Elijah three times, “As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” Even after Elijah has told him that he’s about to be taken by a whirlwind, after he’s been sent to Jericho and after he’s been sent to the Jordan – each time Elijah says, “Stay here.” And, Elisha goes along, pledging commitment and companionship. It is that depth of relationship that causes him to grasp his clothes and tear them in two when Elijah does get swept up by a whirlwind.

Before he gets swept away, though, he asks Elisha what he may do for him, and Elisha asks for a double share of his spirit. It makes me wonder whose spirit you would like a double-share – which of your friends or mentors would you continue to travel with to the end?

Peace,

Pastor Jenn