The Gap and Your Mantle
Thursday, February 13, 2025
The Mantle
If we're honest with ourselves, we'll admit that there's a gap between the everyday life we live and the life we know we should live in God's Word, between the always victorious saint, pure, holy, loving, and a light to the world and the person we see in the mirror. But Instead of being discouraged about this gap, be encouraged. When Elijah threw His mantle over Elisha, undoubtedly Elisha felt unworthy of wearing such a garment. The mantle was the calling and Elisha, by the grace of God, would rise up to it. In the same way, if you never had a calling on your life then there would be no gap-you'd be what you were and nothing more. The fact that there's a gap means there's something more. The calling that God has on your life is higher than what your life is right now. If it weren't that way, then you wouldn't be going anywhere. Thus, it's good news that there's a gap. But the even better news is that, by His Holy Spirit, that gap in your life will be filled.

Today's Mission
Today, ask God to fill in the gap between you and your calling and believe in His power to do it.

2 Corinthians 12:9
King James Version
9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Because of the extravagance of those revelations, and so I wouldn’t get a big head, I was given the gift of a handicap to keep me in constant touch with my limitations. Satan’s angel did his best to get me down; what he in fact did was push me to my knees. No danger then of walking around high and mighty! At first I didn’t think of it as a gift, and begged God to remove it. Three times I did that, and then he told me,

My grace is enough; it’s all you need.
My strength comes into its own in your weakness.

Once I heard that, I was glad to let it happen. I quit focusing on the handicap and began appreciating the gift. It was a case of Christ’s strength moving in on my weakness. Now I take limitations in stride, and with good cheer, these limitations that cut me down to size—abuse, accidents, opposition, bad breaks. I just let Christ take over! And so the weaker I get, the stronger I become.

HAVE A BLESSED DAY AND WEEKEND!