The Call of Elisha

Kings 2 2:9-15
The nation was at a low moral stand. God needed some servant to take up the work where Elijah left off. There were widows in need, hunger and famine was in the land, lepers to heal and armies to defeat.

I: God had a young man in mind.
1. Servants may die, but Gods work must continue.
2. The faithful pass from the scene.
3. In every generation, God has some to lift up their voices for Him.

II: Not chosen after the Ways of Men.
1. God isn’t bound to mens ways.
2. Elisha wasn’t found among the famous.
3. He wasn’t among the rich and learned.
4. God can use a little maid, a shepherd boy, the betrothed of a carpenter, and lowly fishermen.

III: God chooses busy people.
1. “I’m too busy.”
2. “I don’t have children in V.B.S.”
3. “Get someone else!”
4. “He left the oxen and ran after Elijah.”
5. Elijah used neither force nor command.
6. Elisha must choose to serve with the rejected prophet.
7. To serve God he must cease to serve self.