2017. 02. 07. Tuesday.
Continuation for one thing(2 Kings 2:1~11)
When they had crossed, Elijah says to Elisha, “Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you.” And Elisha said, “Please let there be a double portion of your spirit on me.”(9)
Hymn for scheduled worship: Korean/English Hymnal #435 Thou, My Everlasting Portion(#492 in previous version)
There is one imperative thing that we must continue. It is the filling of the Holy Spirit. We who have become children of God can enjoy the greatest blessing of the filling of the Holy Spirit by giving correct worship, restoring scheduled prayer, and enjoying God being with us 24 hours a day. There is something we must begin with accurate spiritual discernment for us to truly enjoy this blessing. What is it?
1. First, head for the spiritual summit
Many people try to remain in the place of answers like Gilgal, Bethel, and Jericho. They fight against one another to take charge and are criticized by unbelievers. However, Elisha was different. Although Elijah told Elisha to remain in Gilgal, Bethel, and Jericho, Elisha followed Elijah to the very end. This is because he was aware of the spiritual blessings and background of those that have received salvation. For us to rise to the spiritual summit, we must go beyond knowing this mystery and begin enjoying it. God provides answers similar to Elisha to those who resolve to enjoy the blessing of the summit.
2. Head for the skills summit(industry)
For Elijah who enjoyed the blessing of the spiritual summit, God prepared 7,000 disciples in Israel who had not bowed their knee before Baal. Similarly, if we enjoy the blessing of the spiritual summit we will receive realistic answers of hidden disciples being discovered in our industry. For us to adequately manage this, God has given us authority, talent, and the answer of re-creation that comes from above. God raises those who enjoy the blessing of the spiritual summit to the skills summit.
3. Head for the cultural summit(Dothan movement)
When the disciples arose to change the cultural flow, God's goal of the Dothan movement took place. Elisha who was filled with the Holy Spirit received the answer of having victory over the Arameans without even fighting. This is the cultural summit. We, too, must prepare our vessels to receive answers like Elisha. If we resolve to hold on to what God desires(spiritual summit) and the things that come from God(skills summit), then we will become the main figures who can stand victorious without fighting(cultural summit).
[Prayer of the Evangelist] God! Allow me to correctly know the spiritual facts and background and enjoy the answers of the spiritual summit, and cultural summit!
Immanuel Church Sunday Worship 2nd Service / 2016. 10. 09.
[Bible Reading] Zephaniah 2.
[Gospel Memory Verse] And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life(1 John 5:11~12).