ABOUT THIS EPISODE
An all-consuming spiritual passion seized Elisha as soon as Elijah the prophet placed his mantle on him. He left his oxen and ran after him. He said, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you” (2 Kings 2:2). When Elijah’s earthly ministry was coming to an end he said to Elisha, “Tell me what can I do for you before I am taken from you” (2 Kings 2:9)? Elisha replied, “Let me inherit a double portion of your spirit” (2 Kings 2:9).
Elisha asked for a double portion of Elijah’s anointing, and he received what he ask for. What are you asking for?
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.”
— Matthew 7:7-8 (NIV 1984)
Lord Jesus, give us a double portion of the Holy Spirit. In Your holy name we pray. Amen.
