Double Blessing Part 2

1. A place to remember

Gilgal was the place of remember. When Joshua led the people into the land they set up camp at Gilgal. During the time of conquest they kept returning to Gilgal to remind themselves of what God had done for them. There had been build a monument of stones. Elijah told Elisha to stay there and remember what God has done for His people. Maybe he was thinking about Azariah and how quickly the people had forgotten about the victory at Carmel. However, Elisha wasn’t satisfied just to remember but he wanted to experience God’s blessings and power. Sometimes when a revival happens in a church or a community the people will build a monument. Now the monument may be important but it is not just to look at and say, “Remember when God visited us.” Our monuments must look forward as well as backward. Samuel set up a rock as a monument and called it Ebenezer saying, “thus far has God helped us.” The implication was that God had helped them in the past and He will continue to help us in the future.