Stepping Into Greater.

March 9, 2025  || 2 Kings 2

1. Step Into Commitment.

2 But Elisha said, “As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel.

2 Kings 2:2 [NIV]

16 When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, “Surely the Lord is in this place, and I was not aware of it.” 17 He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven.”

Genesis 28:16-17 [NIV]

12 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; 13 planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God.

Psalm 92:12-13 [NIV]

55 But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. 56 “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.” 57 At this they covered their ears and, yelling at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him, 58 dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul.

Acts 7:55-58 [NIV]

2. Step Into Authority.

4 “Then Elijah said to him, ‘Stay here, Elisha; the Lord has sent me to Jericho.’ And he replied, ‘As surely as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you.’ So they went to Jericho.”

2 Kings 2:4 [NIV]

12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

Ephesians 6:12 [NIV]

12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force. ​​

Matthew 11:12 [NKJV]

3. Step Into Focus.

3 “The company of the prophets at Bethel came out to Elisha and asked, ‘Do you know that the Lord is going to take your master from you today?’ ‘Yes, I know,’ Elisha replied, ‘so be quiet.’”

2 Kings 2:3 [NIV]

14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 3:14 [NIV]

1 Since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Hebrews 12:1-2 [NKJV]

36 Jesus told him, “Do not be afraid; only believe.”

Mark 5:36 [NKJV]

4.  Step Into Transition.

7 Fifty men from the company of the prophets went and stood at a distance, facing the place where Elijah and Elisha had stopped at the Jordan.

2 Kings 2:7 [NIV]

17 The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it is written: 18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because He has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, 19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” 20 Then He rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down.

Luke 4:17-20 [NIV]

19 “See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?”

Isaiah 43:19 [NKJV]

12 But many of the older priests and Levites and family heads, who had seen the former temple, wept aloud when they saw the foundation of this temple being laid, while many others shouted for joy. 13 No one could distinguish the sound of the shouts of joy from the sound of weeping, because the people made so much noise. And the sound was heard far away.

Ezra 3:11-13 [NIV]

5. Step Into Alignment Of Vision.

10 “You have asked a difficult thing,” Elijah said, “yet if you see me when I am taken from you, it will be yours — otherwise, it will not.” 

2 Kings 2:10 [NIV]

2 Then the Lord answered me and said: “Write the vision And make it plain on tablets, That he may run who reads it.”

Habakkuk 2:2 [NKJV]

18 “Where there is no vision, the people perish.”

Proverbs 29:18 [NKJV]

4 He measured off another thousand cubits and led me through water that was knee-deep. He measured off another thousand and led me through water that was up to the waist. 5 He measured off another thousand, but now it was a river that I could not cross, because the water had risen and was deep enough to swim in—a river that no one could cross.

Ezekiel 47:4-5 [NIV]