What is it you desire most? Do you secretly desire fame and fortune? What do you long for deep down inside, something you won’t tell anyone else about? Is it a new job? Is it a new car? Do you want to move to another city, state, or country? Are you longing for God?
When we are young, there are things we desire. It may be a specific vehicle, job, status, or ability. If we do not achieve those by middle age, this desire can lead to a mid-life crisis, if that desire has not relented. Failing to achieve it can cause us to feel like failures.
Elisha had a desire. His opportunity was presented to him when Elijah asked him what he wanted. Elisha knew this was a once in a lifetime opportunity to ask for his hidden desire. So, Elisha asked Elijah for something that Elijah could not give him on his own. It would require God to give it to Elisha. Yet, Elijah had a very special relationship with God.
We may believe that God doesn’t do things like this today. We may believe there is no one who has that type of relationship with God today. Yet, we must never underestimate God working in this world in whatever way he decides. We must not completely discount the possibility that someone has a very special relationship with God.
Often our faith, or lack thereof, holds us back. Jesus tells us in Matthew 18:1-5 that we must be like a child to enter the kingdom of heaven. This translates to us believing God is capable of anything and trusting he will always provide, just as a child trust in their parents. When we have that kind of faith, anything is possible.
I pray we all believe that anything is possible with God. I pray we trust that God will always provide. I pray each one of us will have faith in God as a child has faith in their parents. Believe God can do anything. Trust God to provide. Have the faith of a child. Humble yourself before God.
2 Kings 2:9-10 When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me what I may do for you before I am taken from you.” Elisha said, “Please let me inherit a double share of your spirit.” He responded, “You have asked a hard thing, yet if you see me as I am being taken from you, it will be granted you; if not, it will not.”
Marty Pressey 