Greater Continued

In John 14:12 Jesus makes a very staggering statement. He said that because He was leaving we would know be empowered to do not only the works He was doing but "Greater." Wow! What a promise. This isn't just my wishful thinking or something I came up with. This greater life that goes beyond the limitations of of our imagination is God's idea. God not only believes but has done everything He can to make this greater life accessible to us. This begs the question then, "are we just living a good life or one founded in the realm of greater?"

In our series this month we have been looking at life principles from the life of Elisha, an ordinary man who went on to do extraordinary things, a man who from routine to remarkable and left the fields of familiarity to embrace the miraculous mantle called greater! Here are just a few of the principles we have looked at thus far.


1) Burn the plow - Elisha didn't just sacrifice his oxen, he burned the plow. Simply put there was no room for a plan B. He was making sure there was nothing for him to go back to. Often we make seasonal sacrifices but fail to burn the plow and when we try to go from good to great we often find ourselves frustrated, dissatisfied or in a place of doubt often because we have never burned the plows.

2) Digging Ditches - faith requires action and is often spelled RISK. To avoid getting stuck after the plows have been burned we need to dig a ditch. There were some kings going to battle who believed they knew what and how to do it only to if d themselves about to die in the desert. When they ask the man of God what to do, He replied, "dig a ditch." This sounds stupid when your out of water and dying in the desert but we must remember God is the only one that can send the rain but he is looking for someone to dig the ditch, put faith in action. Faith in action not only moves God it releases the resources necessary to accomplish the task at hand. Dream Big (Water for an army in the desert) Start small (dig a ditch).

3) Pour some oil - like the woman who all she had was "a little oil." We must also embrace our limitations and understand all God wants is all we have! He is not looking for us to be something were not but to surrender to him what we have. god has a way of taking our little and making it a lot. Surrender the gifts/talents/limitations you have and remember our limitations can be Gods greatest opportunity.

4) Connect to Someone- before Elishas miracle ministry, before he walked around in the realm called greater he first connect hi life to that of Elijah, somone who was going in the direction he was going in. Simply stated, if you want to be a giant killer you need to hang out with people who have killed giants. Who and what we connect our lives to can and will have an direct impact on the realm in which we will live, "good" or "greater".



For more on the series you can watch the messages on our YouTube page elevationqc.