3. Go back.
God’s first instruction to Elijah was that he had to go back the way he had come. When we have failed God He calls us to go back. In tenderness our Lord gave these instructions to the church at Ephesus: Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. Revelation 2:5. The instructions to the church at Ephesus are the way that God deals with His fallen children. He calls us to remember, repent and return. He asked Elijah what he was doing there. He wanted Elijah to remember. God then spoke to Elijah in the gentle voice calling him to repent. Then He told him that he had to go back the way he had come. God had a new work for Elijah but before he could do that work he had to go back.
We should note that Elijah obeyed immediately. There was a fresh ministry for him. He had to anoint Hazael king over Aram, Jehu king over Israel and Elisha as his successor. God was not finished with Israel and these three men were to bring God’s judgment upon the nation of Israel. Elijah saw that another would take his place but God still had a ministry for him.
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