We are not the ones who choose which mantle of anointing we receive from God. Instead, it is established and destined beforehand, by the One who knows us best—God. Elisha did not receive Elijah’s mantle because Elijah wanted him to have it. He didn’t happen to be at the right place at the right time. Elijah knew God appointed the mantle to be passed on to Elisha according to God’s prophetic word: “you shall anoint Elisha son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah as prophet in your place” (1 Kgs. 19:16).

Elisha needed to cooperate with the call of God on his life to receive the mantle. He could’ve rejected this calling, as so many people may have done in their lives. For Elisha, he hungered and pursued this appointment, as shown in how he pursued Elijah as a mentor. It was a sign of the burden God already placed in his heart. We can learn that if we have a burden and a desire for a certain appointment, it’s probably God who placed it there. God would not really call you into something, without placing a desire for this holy calling.Joseph knew that at a young age, through prophetic dreams, that God called him to be a ruler. The desire God plants in our hearts is just one of many possible confirmations that the calling is ours. Thus, just because you have a desire does not mean that you are already called—remember, the heart can be deceitful at times (Jer. 17:9).

Do you have a desire for the prophetic mantle?

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