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2 kings 2:1-14
How bad do you want it?
Work for what you want
Not everything is given to you
You must make sacrifices
Illustration: Running a mile in High School
I remember back in high school, we did something that they don’t do much of anymore.
We had gym class.
Gym class was a requirement that everyone in high school had to be apart of and I remember the routine of going to the locker room, and changing clothes.
Putting on my blue school issued gym shorts and the white T-Shirt with the school mascot logo on them.
This particular day was different because it was becoming spring.
So, today we were instructed by the gym teacher that we were to go outside.
Everyone was excited until they understood the reason why we were going outside.
Today was the day that we were to be evaluated and timed as we ran the mile.
Now, for some of us, this was not a problem we understood that in order to get it over with, all we needed to do was to run the track 4 times.
Because if you ran the track 4 times that equaled 1 mile.
Some of us even prided ourselves in being one of the first to cross the finish line.
But there was this one group that was too cool for school.
They had just got their hair done.
They were not about to sweat out their edges.
And while everyone else were running.
They were walking.
They didn’t want it bad enough.
They received and E that day because they didn’t want it bad enough.
Work for what you get
We were taught that you must work for what you get.
That there is no such thing as a free lunch.
An honest days pay for an honest days work.
Can’t have your cake an eat it too.
You eat what you kill.
All of these sayings elude to the fact that if you want something you have to go get it.
That nothing’s for free.
And sometimes you must do what you don't want to do to get the results that you desire.
It may not feel good, but it’s necessary.
And there are some of us who know what it is to want to quit and throw in the towel and give up but endured the struggle because the goal, the degree, the relationship was too important to us.
Immediate Success
Some people have that Beyoncé spirit, declaring that they woke up like this but some of us understand that I am not an overnight success, that there was a process that I had to go through to get to where I am.
If you only knew what I had to go through!
Potential > Process > Promise
Process
When you stay in the gym
o Stay in late
Stay in late
o Show up when everyone stays home
Show up when everyone stays home
Endure the race
o Endure the race
o Trying of your faith
Trying of your faith
• Everyone in the bible who did anything great for God had to go through a process.
Everyone in the bible who did anything great for God had to go through a process.
Noah, Abraham, Moses, Ruth, David, Jesus
Those who shortcut the process to success, don’t hold on to success long.
Winning the Lotto
o Winning the Lotto
• God want to set us up for Success.
How bad do you want it?
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Elisha – Farmer
God saw fit to send someone your way.
Discipleship, submit, someone is where you want to be
Apostle, prophet, evangelist, pastors, teacher…
God uses willing people.
Elisha Wanted a Double Portion
1. Lap 1 - Cutting Away – Gilgal - circle of standing stones
2 When the LORD was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal.
a. Joshua erected 12 stones from the Jordan – God is alive
i. Remember where you’ve come from
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Remember how God brought you over
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Remember that God is alive
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Remember that God answers prayers
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The men were circumcised – cutting away
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The reproach of Egypt was removed
Joshua 5:9 Then the Lord said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.”
So the place has been called Gilgal[b] to this day.
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The past is erased
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You are separated from you
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Old habits, relationships, ideas, mentality
2. Lap 2 - Seek His presence – Bethel
2 Elijah said to Elisha, “Stay here; the LORD has sent me to Bethel.”
But Elisha said, “As surely as the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you.”
So they went down to Bethel.
3 The company of the prophets at Bethel came out to Elisha and asked, “Do you know that the LORD is going to take your master from you today?”
“Yes, I know,” Elisha replied, “so be quiet.”
a. Jacob had a dream
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In the dream, God reminded Him of the promises He gave his forefathers
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Jacob call this place Bethel – The house of God
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The presence of the Lord is here
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Where the ark was kept
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Where people sought the Lord for answers
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