Answering God’s Call to Serve

Is there a time you have had to “take up the mantle” or seen someone do this well? What is usually involved with “taking up the mantle”?

Read 1 Kings 19:19-21 and 2 Kings 3:11-12. What do you observe about God from this passage? What does this story teach us about who God is, what he cares about, and how he cares for his people?

Consider the privileges and costs for Elisha answering God’s call to serve. What privileges and costs of answering God’s call to serve are you experiencing in this season?

Read Ephesians 2:8-10. Our salvation and our service are both works of God. We have been created to do good works – not to earn our salvation, but in response to being saved. So we are to start/continue in answering God’s call by serving where he has placed us. This includes our present situations, relationships, and areas of responsibilities. What does serving God where he has you now look like this week?

What does living resilient faith look like in this story?

Only God can do the miracle, but there you will find someone who has answered God’s call to serve. In Mark 10:45 we are told that “even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Following Christ means we are called to serve and to serve as part of the church, the body of Christ. How does our church equip and encourage you to answer God’s call?

What do we need to remember, rejoice in, request, or repent of from this passage?