Go Hard or Go Home!!!
God wants to use you but remember God’s love is free but it is not cheap! God wants to use the man or woman He can not easily get rid of. this is seen in the story of Elijah and Elisha in 11 Kings 2!! as you read this passage you see Elijah constantly testing Elisha’s desire to go on. He tells him to tarry. Stop and stay. so many times we get saved and just stop and stay there, but this is just the beginning of a beautiful story with a happy ending. Gilgal means salvation and this is the first place they go and Elijah says to Elisha stay here, but he wants more and will not stop and continues to be a God chaser. i don’t want to be stagnant or coast but i want to run this race. the next place they go to is Bethel (seeing God face to face)!! this is also where Jacob wrestled with God and had a name change. when we start meeting God face to face our character begins to look like Him!! How awesome we have a name change. then it is off to Jericho, when i think of this place i think of worship and defeating the enemy. a place of victory where walls come down. then it is time for the Jordan the point of no return. the place where Elisha gets Elijah’s coat and rips up his old one. he takes his position and calling and starts a new life. he was invested enough that he knew he would not go back to his old way of life… so here is my question today are you invested? when you face things do you just stay there or do you go on! or do you read James 1:2-5 and know that you can go hard!!! after the things of the Lord.and you can also do it with joy. being like a submarine with more pressure on the inside than on the outside. don’t stop going forward. you were called for such a time as this.
