READ: 2 Kings 4:11-37
“…anoint Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel Meholah to succeed you as prophet” – 1 Kings 19:16, NIV
The anointing is like your gun. It does certain specific things. You just have to use it and direct it where you want to. Every anointing has a way of working itself out to achieve specific results. The anointing that was on Elijah made him do certain things.
Do you want to be a teacher of the Word? Then follow someone who has a teaching anointing. The anointing is very specific. The healing anointing is different from the teaching anointing which is also different from the pastoral anointing. Elijah miraculously caused three years of drought. He multiplied the meal and oil of a widow, caused the resurrection of a young boy and called fire from Heaven. Elisha did similar things. He also caused years of drought, performed healings, and multiplied a widow’s oil. It is interesting to note that Elisha did exactly twice as many miracles as Elijah did. Elijah did sixteen miracles and Elisha did thirty-two miracles! Elisha had a double portion of Elijah’s anointing.
The anointing is a very specific substance that makes you achieve certain things. You can desire a specific minister’s anointing. God may have put it in your heart to achieve certain things in the ministry. Elisha went for Elijah’s anointing without any apologies to anyone.
If you catch the anointing which is on certain person, you will do similar things because it is the same anointing