Passing the torch. Laying the...
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Passing the torch. Laying the mantle on a successor. Giving a foundation to one who will build the first story. Elijah to Elisha, Moses to Joshua, John to Polycarp, your predecessor to you.
A double spirit of Elijah rested on Elisha. What comes to one as bud goes to another as blossom. What blesses one as blossom can be handed down as fruit.
The growing procession. The escalating progression. God will not keep things as they are when we build on someone else's contribution. Standing on another's shoulder, we see farther. Paul tells us about it in 1 Corinthians 3:10, "According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and another man is building up on it. Let each man take care how he builds upon it."
Elisha, take care how you build. That's Elijah's foundation you're standing on.
-- Barnhart
A double spirit of Elijah rested on Elisha. What comes to one as bud goes to another as blossom. What blesses one as blossom can be handed down as fruit.
The growing procession. The escalating progression. God will not keep things as they are when we build on someone else's contribution. Standing on another's shoulder, we see farther. Paul tells us about it in 1 Corinthians 3:10, "According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and another man is building up on it. Let each man take care how he builds upon it."
Elisha, take care how you build. That's Elijah's foundation you're standing on.
-- Barnhart
