04Apr16

2 Kings 2:14
Then he took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the water, saying, "Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah?" And when he had struck the water, the water was parted to the one side and to the other, and Elisha went over.

Yesterday I got the chance to preach at Stanley chapel for the second time since being here and I started a two part series on "Superheroes." One of the references I made was to Elisha and his parting of the waters with dirty laundry. This passage of Scripture has a lot more depth to it though. Elisha is standing there with the cloak of his mentor in his hand after watching him being whisked away in a fiery chariot to heaven. There's got to be a million questions in his mind at that point. So much that needed explaining. But, what is the first thing he asks? "Where is the Lord?" Now that the guy who had led him is gone he wasn't sure if God was still with him. He wasn't sure of God's plan for him. He seems lost and a little confused standing in front of a river that needs crossing. He reaches out for something that he can cling to and a way to know that God is with him.

This week we have Stallions crossing a literal river in training. But, the question I want to ask is not, "can you cross the river?" It's "how will you cross the river?" Elisha could have resigned himself to just doing everything Elijah did in the flesh and be a good man but, at that moment he reached out to God to become more than that. He reached out to God to allow Him to cross the river in a way that didn't seem possible. God is the God of impossible. What river are you trying to walk around right now? What river are you trying to cross with your own strength? Have you asked God to part the waters for you or is that just too crazy of a thought for you? Allow God to do what He will in your life. Ask Him where He is and He will show you.

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