Pressing in for a Double-Portion Anointing

The following is an outline of the sermon preached on 15th January 2006 on 2 Kings 2:1-13.

Using the example of Elisha’s journey with Elijah, we looked at the various stations they journeyed through together before Elisha arrived at the place of a double-portion impartation of anointing.

First they traveled through the place of new birth and spiritual growth at Gilgal (Josh 5:1-12).

• Gilgal was the stopping place in Canaan where the people of God first inherited the promised land. It was here that they were circumcised.
• This speaks of a putting off of the sinful nature and the taking on of God’s Spirit.
• It was at Gilgal where they learned to sow and reap. This is the place of spiritual growth. It is a comfortable place.

Many Christians get here and stop: but not those who want to receive a double-portion anointing for the call of God on their lives.

They travelled on to Bethel. This is the place of prevailing prayer and revelation (Gen 28:10-22).

• It was in Bethel that Jacob found himself under an open heaven.
• It was here that he was commissioned by the Lord and he moved into a place of worship in the area of his giving.
• This is the place of experience of the presence of God.
  

They moved on into Jericho. Jericho is the place of spiritual warfare, intercession and breakthrough (Jos 5:13-6:25).

• For the Christian this is where hard-won victories are made for the kingdom. This is where spiritual strongholds are torn down.
• This is where Joshua received and put into practice the rhema word, the heavenly strategies for breakthrough.

Finally they crossed the Jordan. This is past the place of no return (2 Ki 2:7,8).

• It is here that Elisha received the double-portion anointing. But only when he could prove to Elijah that he could keep his eyes on what matters.
• For the Christian this is the place where we keep our eyes on Jesus, no matter how much drama is happening around us.
• This is the place where we receive the first portion of God’s anointing for the call of God on our lives.