2 KINGS 1 - 2
1.) Make the main thing, the main thing
3 The company of the prophets at Bethel came out to Elisha and asked, "Do you know that the LORD is going to take your master from you today?"
"Yes, I know," Elisha replied, "but do not speak of it."
4 Then Elijah said to him, "Stay here, Elisha; the LORD has sent me to Jericho."
And he replied, "As surely as the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you." So they went to Jericho.
5 The company of the prophets at Jericho went up to Elisha and asked him, "Do you know that the LORD is going to take your master from you today?"
"Yes, I know," he replied, "but do not speak of it."
6 Then Elijah said to him, "Stay here; the LORD has sent me to the Jordan."
And he replied, "As surely as the LORD lives and as you live, I will not leave you." So the two of them walked on.
Elisha knew that Elijah is going to be taken away by God. Despite reminders of people around him, he still make the main thing the main thing. He choose to focus on how to learn from Elijah and not dwelling on the fact that Elijah is going to be taken away by God.
2.) I am the salt of the earth
19 The men of the city said to Elisha, "Look, our lord, this town is well situated, as you can see, but the water is bad and the land is unproductive."
20 "Bring me a new bowl," he said, "and put salt in it." So they brought it to him.
21 Then he went out to the spring and threw the salt into it, saying, "This is what the LORD says: 'I have healed this water. Never again will it cause death or make the land unproductive.' " 22 And the water has remained wholesome to this day, according to the word Elisha had spoken.
I was once reminded by being the salt of the earth again. We should be influencer that goes beyond the walls of church and caregroup, which leads to our family and friends. And because of the actions i did, it will have its consequences(whether good or bad), and it will be like the water that remain wholesome to this day.
Agape,
Valens