Passing The Torch : Next UP -Part 1 of 3

“One generation makes known your faithfulness to the next.” Isaiah 38:19 (LB)

How To Pass The Torch

1. The Ask.

“…anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel Meholah to succeed you as prophet.” 1 Kings 19:16 (NIV)

“Elijah went up to him and threw his cloak around him.” 1 Kings 19:19 (NIV)

2. Don’t Say For Them.

“Elisha then left his oxen and ran after Elijah…” 1 Kings 19:20 (NIV)

“Think of ways to encourage one another to outbursts of love and good deeds.” Hebrews 10:24 (NLT)

3. Never Use

“‘Go back,’ Elijah replied. ‘What have I done to you?’” 1 Kings 19:20 (NIV)

“…not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” 2 Corinthians 9:7 (NIV)

4. Celebrate The

“So Elisha left him and went back. He took his yoke of oxen and slaughtered them. He burned the plowing equipment to cook the meat and gave it to the people, and they ate.” 1 Kings 19:21 (NIV)

5. Be

“…Then he set out to follow Elijah and became his servant.”1 Kings 19:21 (NIV)

“Here is Elisha son of Shaphat. He used to pour water on the hands of Elijah.” 2 Kings 3:11 (NIV)

6. Remain

“As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” 2 Kings 2:2, 4, 6 (NIV)

“Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God.”

Ruth 1:16 (NIV)

“Elijah took his cloak, rolled it up and struck the water with it. The water divided to the right and to the left, and the two of them crossed over on dry ground.” 2 Kings 2:8 (NIV)

7. Ask Questions.

“Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken from you?” 2 Kings 2:9 (NIV)

“What can I give you?” 2 Chronicles 1:7 

8. Be

“Let me inherit a double portion of your spirit.” 2 Kings 2:9 (NIV)

“Those who are trusted with such an important work must show that they are worthy of that trust.”

1 Corinthians 4:2 (ERV)

As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind. Elisha saw this and cried out, ‘My father! My father! The chariots and horsemen of Israel!’” 2 Kings 2:11-12 (NIV)

“He took the cloak that had fallen from Elijah and struck the water with it. ‘Where now is the Lord, the God of Elijah?’ he asked. When he struck the water, it divided to the right and to the left, and he crossed over.”

2 Kings 2:14 (NIV)

“Well done, good and faithful servant!” Matthew 25:23 (NIV)

All translations in New International Version unless noted