Today's "My Utmost For His Highest" by Oswald Chambers contains another very vital message for any born again believer who wishes to fulfill their calling, run their race with success and hear "Well done"!
This Experience Must Come
Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. And Elisha…saw
him no more. —2 Kings 2:11-12 It is not wrong for you to depend on your “Elijah” for as
long as God gives him to you. But remember that the time will come when he must
leave and will no longer be your guide and your leader, because God does not
intend for him to stay. Even the thought of that causes you to say, “I cannot
continue without my ‘Elijah.’ ” Yet God says you must continue.
Alone at Your “Jordan” (2 Kings 2:14). The Jordan River
represents the type of separation where you have no fellowship with anyone
else, and where no one else can take your responsibility from you. You now have
to put to the test what you learned when you were with your “Elijah.” You have been
to the Jordan over and over again with Elijah, but now you are facing it alone.
There is no use in saying that you cannot go— the experience is here, and you
must go. If you truly want to know whether or not God is the God your faith
believes Him to be, then go through your “Jordan” alone.
Alone at Your “Jericho” (2 Kings 2:15). Jericho
represents the place where you have seen your “Elijah” do great things. Yet
when you come alone to your “Jericho,” you have a strong reluctance to take the
initiative and trust in God, wanting, instead, for someone else to take it for
you. But if you remain true to what you learned while with your “Elijah,” you
will receive a sign, as Elisha did, that God is with you.
Alone at Your “Bethel” (2 Kings 2:23). At your “Bethel”
you will find yourself at your wits’ end but at the beginning of God’s wisdom.
When you come to your wits’ end and feel inclined to panic— don’t! Stand true
to God and He will bring out His truth in a way that will make your life an
expression of worship. Put into practice what you learned while with your
“Elijah”— use his mantle and pray (see 2 Kings 2:13-14). Make a
determination to trust in God, and do not even look for Elijah anymore.
AMEN! THIS is SO vital! I have seen so many born again, Spirit-filled believers who have been taught the Word of God, know who they are IN HIM, have been in powerful services where God's supernatural power has set people free, and yet have not been able to see themselves doing what the men and women of God that they have followed have done! ALL of the teaching, training, demonstration, and manifestations that we have experienced are all to prepare US to also go about the WORK of the ministry that HE has called us to! The above message does NOT mean that you will necessarily go out on the road, off on your own, or never need the ministry of your teacher or pastor again. It MEANS that YOU, and ONLY YOU, can DO the work that GOD has called YOU to do! He did NOT call your pastor or teacher to fulfill YOUR calling! Take all that you have learned and experienced and get alone with GOD. Find out where HE wants you to go and what HE wants you to do, and DO IT! HE will work with you, confirming HIS Word that YOU speak. (Mark 16:20) THAT is when we will hear WELL DONE! AMEN! Here is Hillsong with a song that I have always been inspired by! "No Reason To Hide":