There are times God shows you great visions for your life and then instructs you on what to do to accomplish them. But many people will try to discourage you as you set about doing those things. They will criticize the way you talk, walk and your lifestyle generally.
Let’s take a look at Elisha for a moment. He followed Elijah until the latter was taken away into heaven by a chariot of fire. After Elijah was taken up into heaven, the other prophets mocked Elisha. “We’ll help you find your master. He has probably traveled without you,” they scorned. “Relax!” Elisha replied, unperturbed by their mockery.
But then he took Elijah’s mantle, and they, wondering what he was going to do with it, watched him from afar, because they couldn’t cross the river Jordan. Elisha smote the river with Elijah’s mantle and it suddenly parted in two and he passed through it. When the other prophets saw the waters of the river Jordan split wide open, they all began to shout in unison, “The Spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha!” which was what Elisha wanted in the first place. Those that criticized him were the first to pay him homage and herald the news to the whole city. They told everybody, “Hey! That guy has Elijah’s anointing.”
The psalmist said, “As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God” (Psalm 42:1). I love what he likened his hunger for God’s presence to – a deer thirsting for water. This animal would do and risk just about anything to get water whenever it is thirsty. So you see, when people try to keep you from what God has for you, just push them out of the way because you know what you want. Stay focused on it and by the time you get it, you wouldn’t need to tell anybody you got it; they will see it by themselves.
