Thursday, 25th December 2025
Alex Buabeng-Korsah
TOPIC: NO TURNING BACK
THEME SCRIPTURE: “Then he arose and went after Elijah and ministered to him.” — 1 Kings 19:21
PREPARATORY QUESTIONS:
- What level of commitment is God seeking from the man He has called?
When Elijah cast his cloak upon Elisha, it wasn’t just a prophetic gesture— it was a divine summons. Elisha's response was immediate and radical. He didn’t merely say “yes”; he made return impossible. By slaughtering his oxen and burning his plowing equipment, he removed every fallback option.
Elisha made sure he had severed ties with the old life to step fully into God’s calling.
Contrast this with the New Testament figure in Luke 9:59–62, where Jesus rebukes a would-be follower who says, “First let me go and bury my father.” Jesus discerned the hesitancy masked as responsibility. His parents were not in the morgue, but rather he wanted to stay his calling till his parents had died and he had buried them. Then he thinks he would be ready. But Elisha’s farewell was not an excuse, but an act of honor and closure. He wasn't delaying obedience; he was sealing it.
True discipleship demands finality. As Dietrich Bonhoeffer declared, “When Christ calls a man, He bids him come and die.”
Elisha’s sacrifice of his livelihood reveals a principle: until we burn the plows behind us, we often lack the resolve to move forward in obedience.
The call of God is not convenient— it interrupts, it demands, it reorders. But it also liberates. Elisha's bold act gave him freedom from his past and clarity for his future.
Precious one, examine yourself today and see if you are fully in the call of God or not. Remember: God does not accept partial offerings. He wants the whole man, spirit, soul, and body.
Remain blessed.
FURTHER READING – 1 Kings 19
Call to Salvation: Today is your day if you have not received salvation by turning over your life to Jesus Christ. Click here to do so.
QUESTIONS TO HELP YOU MEDITATE ON THE WORD:
- What “plows” are you still holding onto that hinder full obedience?
- Is your commitment to Christ total or conditional?
PRAYER
Lord, give me the courage to follow You with full surrender. Help me recognize and let go of anything I’m using as a backup plan. Like Elisha, may I burn my plows and walk forward in obedience—no turning back. In Jesus’ precious name, Amen.
One-Year Bible Reading Plan
1 Peter 4; Psalms 17, Ecclesiastes 9
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