2 Kings 1-3: Where is the God of Elijah?

Elisha didn't want to lose Elijah.  He had been following the godly prophet around since Elijah found him plowing in the family field and anointed him at God's command.  Elisha burned his plowing equipment and left his family to follow Elijah.  When the prophets at Bethel and Jericho told Elisha that God was going to take Elijah, his reply to both groups was 'Be quiet!'  He didn't want to hear it, he didn't want to lose the one who had become his spiritual father. Even when Elijah told him to go back, he kept following until a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind. Elisha saw this and cried out, “My father! My father! The chariots and horsemen of Israel!” And Elisha saw him no more. Then he took hold of his garment and tore it in two.
Elisha then picked up Elijah’s cloak that had fallen from him and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan. He took the cloak that had fallen from Elijah and struck the water with it. “Where now is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” he asked. When he struck the water, it divided to the right and to the left, and he crossed over. - 2 Kings 2:11-14 NIV

Elisha suddenly has no one to follow.  When Elijah disappears, Elisha thinks for a moment that he has lost God as well.  “Where now is the LORD, the God of Elijah? he asks.  And the answer comes.  Just as it had for Elijah, the waters parted when Elisha struck it with Elijah's abandoned cloak.  The God of Elijah was still alive and his power would now flow directly through Elisha just as it had through Elijah.

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