It was common knowledge among the prophets of the age that Elijah's time had come.

At this time an interesting test was set before Elisha. Fifty men from the group of prophets also went and watched from a distance as Elijah and Elisha stopped beside the Jordan River.' (2 Kings 2:6-7 NLT).īible scholars believe that Elisha served Elijah for six years before Elijah was ushered into Heaven. 'Then Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here, for the LORD has told me to go to the Jordan River.” But again Elisha replied, “As surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, I will never leave you.” So they went on together. Elisha was destined for a double portion, but if he had never first offered himself as a servant to Elijah, he would have remained a farmer and never performed the amazing miracles that blessed the lives of so many others. We can learn from their habits and disciplines, how they relate to others, and even from their faults. So much can be learned by observing the life of another. A protégé must be willing to spend time focusing on the assignment of a mentor before qualifying for an assignment of their own. This would be the equivalent of selling a business and throwing a party with the proceeds. He killed his oxen and destroyed the yoke, giving the proceeds to his neighborhood. In his first encounter with Elijah, Elisha is willing to let go of his occupation, his family, and the life he had built thus far in order to follow after a man offering his mentorship. It tells us much about both the role of the protégé and the mentor. The story of Elijah and Elisha may be the most obvious mentorship story in the Bible. Then he went with Elijah as his assistant' (1 Kings 19:21 NLT). He passed around the meat to the townspeople, and they all ate. He used the wood from the plow to build a fire to roast their flesh. 'So Elisha returned to his oxen and slaughtered them. He burns his equipment destroying any possibility of returning to the life he once lived. The field worker asked if he may say his goodbyes, but he does more than that. He was out in the field, minding his own business, when the man of God came up and threw his cloak over his shoulders.Ī foretaste of a Man who later would invite fishermen who were also busy about their work to come and follow.

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