“But Elisha said, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you”. 2 Kings 2:2
When the prophet Elijah was about to be taken up to heaven in a whirlwind, three times he told his assistant Elisha that he did not need to go with him to Bethel.
But Elisha, who had taken care of Elijah faithfully, wouldn’t hear of it. His attitude was, “I’m committed to you. I was with you in the good times of miracles, and I’m going to be with you to the end.”
Elisha had plenty of reasons to walk away, but he was committed. Because he stayed committed to serving Elijah, Elisha received a double portion of Elijah’s anointing and ended up performing twice as many miracles as Elijah did.
When we stay committed to our church, or, when we do the right thing when the wrong thing is happening, God will make things happen that we couldn’t make happen.
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