A Bible study from Vince Baker Ministries, informed by Mantle of Elijah by Vince Baker and Sergie Atams.
Read the Scriptures
Look closely at Elisha’s response
The call interrupts an ordinary workday. Elisha asks to say farewell to his parents and then uses the plowing equipment to prepare a meal from the oxen. The meal is shared with the people. Afterward, he goes with Elijah and serves him. His first public action in the story is a farewell and an act of hospitality.
Calling and the next step
The book’s chapter on cost asks what obedience requires before ministry is visible. Luke 9 also uses the image of the plow when Jesus speaks about the urgency of following him. Read each scene in its own context, then ask what present responsibility obedience would require of you. It might begin with an honest conversation, a commitment to serve, or a decision to finish work already entrusted to you.
