WHO IS INSPIRING YOU?

[Dr Benard Etta]

And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces. 2Kgs:2:12

Elisha cried, my father, my father, the chariot of Israel. This tells us something about the relationship between him and Elijah and the understanding that governs it. Elisha recognized Elijah as a father figure over him and he followed him closely, and could still call him his father after many years and even towards the end of his ministry. This equally reveals something about the character and spiritual vision of Elisha. Few today, can call those who brought them up father, in fact, one today is only a father until the children open their own ministries. Once they are no more under their fathers, to them, it's all over and those who were fathers are now colleagues and friends. Elisha did not say my colleague, my colleague or my friend, my friend; but my father, my father.

We all have colleagues and friends and we need them in our lives, but it is very important to know that, anointing is not transferred through the above relationships. Friends and colleagues, can sharpen one another, but there can't be any serious transference of grace and anointing except in a relationship between fathers and their children. So, when a father figure becomes a friend and colleague to you, then you will have very little to tap from his life and ministry. We need understanding as we prepare for the most exciting times of the moving of the spirit on the earth. If you have no father, you can't get farther. Dr Etta