When Elisha received his call to follow Elijah, he was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen. Elisha kissed his mother and father goodbye, slaughtered his yoke of oxen, then burned the plowing equipment to cook the meat and gave it to the people (see 1 Kings 19). He made a clean break from the things that might hold him in the familiar in order to fully step into the new with a whole heart.

Can you hear Him knocking? Jesus is standing at the door of your heart in this hour, and He is patiently, but intently, knocking. His knocking is a compelling invitation. He knocks and waits for your response. The altar is a place of sacrifice. The altar is a place where you give up and release those things that would keep you from fully embracing His calling on your life.

Jesus is inviting you to go with Him into the new assignment that will advance His Kingdom. It is a time of leaving the past behind to lay hold of the new.

ALBERT FINCH MINISTRY