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Remember we said that we would be discussing the four stages that Elisha went through before he finally got the double portion of Elijah’s spirit. There's always a price to pay for an extraordinary breakthrough. No greatness comes easy.

Here Elijah and Elisha were in Gilgal and it was about the time Elijah was to be taken into heaven by a whirlwind. He wanted to know how hungry Elisha was for the anointing; the level of his commitments. He wanted to know whether his servant was willing to pay the price for the greatness he desires. You know that a lot of people make commitments at an emotional level, but we must go beyond that, if we really desire to advance to the next stage.

Gilgal: Gilgal is level one, where we all start from and it represents the spiritual place called faith. Historically, Gilgal is the first place where Joshua settled (for a while) after he led the sons of Israel through the Jordan (Joshua 5:1-9). It's the place where, for the first time, they all ate some of the produce of the land and it's the place where the continual supernatural provision of manna stopped (Joshua 5:12). So we see that God wasn't going to be 'Conventional' anymore and do things exactly the same way that He did for 40 Years. A major shift happened; a whole new life of faith would be required.

Gilgal has a lesson for us to learn. We're going to have to walk by faith and not by sight. Believe God and call forth those things that do not exist as though they did. Regardless of what we feel and what we see, we'll have to believe within our hearts that God wants to take us to the next level.

Now, when Elijah tells Elisha to stay in Gilgal, it's like he's actually saying "why don't you just stay in the place of faith." That's where most Christians are tempted to live. They stay in the place of faith and hope. They don't move into the place of action or make anything happen and take some steps. All they have is faith. But the bible says that faith without works is dead.

I could hear Elijah telling Elisha, "Ok" Elisha. You stay here in Gilgal. You stay in the place of faith - believing, hoping and dreaming that you can eventually do something and that God will act. I am going to Bethel, but you stay here, because I'm not convinced that you're ready to go to Bethel." But Elisha looks at him and says, "As the Lord lives and as you yourself lives, I will not leave you" (2 king 2:2). Then they both went on to Bethel. Elisha refused to be satisfied at the Gilgal Level.

I would like you to know that before we get the increase or the double portion we're going to start in Gilgal; the spiritual place to have faith for a new level. And it's there where we'll have faith for a new mantle. It's the place that God brings us back to, so that our faith can be built up for the next level, the next assignment. Maybe you are dissatisfied with the level you presently find yourself. What you will do is to come back all over again to the spiritual place called 'Gilgal'. Only then will you be ready to move to the next level - Bethel.

Bethel: Bethel is level two. It represents the spiritual place of vows and decisions. It's the place where Jacob made a vow to God. Prophetically, Bethel is the place where you have to purpose within your heart, that you want a new level of breakthrough. It takes a whole new level of commitment, a whole new level of sacrifice, a whole new level of denying yourself. God wants a clear decision and it's like He's saying: "What are you going to do with what I give you? Why should I trust you with what I give you?

God is looking for the right response within our heart to such questions; for example, a good response like Jacob's when he said, "God if you bring me back to this place (Bethel), I promise a tenth, I promise a tithe of everything you ever give me. If you prosper me all the days of my life, I purpose within my heart that this is what I will do." Till next week. God bless you!