2KI 2:13 He picked up the cloak that had fallen from Elijah and went back and stood on the bank of
the Jordan. 14 Then he took the cloak that had fallen from him and struck the water with it. "Where now is the LORD, the God
of Elijah?" he asked. When he struck the water, it divided to the right and to the left, and he crossed over.
A mantle was a cloak that people used to wear, but it also represents a spiritual authority that God
gives to certain people to do His work. We know how when Elijah was taken up into the chariot of fire that he left his cloak
or mantle with Elisha, thus symbolically and literally passing on his prophetic ministry to Elisha. This was proven out to
be true later on as Elisha performed many more miracles than Elijah did in life.
Now we live in a time where many people are getting out of their spiritual wilderness time and God
is placing new mantles or spiritual cloaks of His authority on top of their spiritual shoulders so that we can go and reap
His harvest in the earth. You may have noticed that your spiritual gifts have all of the sudden increased and that will continue
to grow in the days ahead. Many unknowns will rise from obscurity to high visibility.
We must be careful though to keep our mantles on by being consistently obedient before the Lord. If
we revert back to any kind of sin we risk having our mantle taken off again and thus wasting valuable time that could be used
in helping others. Things that can strip us of our mantles are sin, disobedience, pride, judging others, gossiping and slandering,
or anything else that makes us temporarily disqualified for spiritual service.
PS 89:45 You have cut short the days of his youth; you have covered him with a mantle of shame. Selah
David knew what it was like to have Gods grace and virtue pulled back on him when he sinned with
Bathsheba and he learned the tough lesson of losing his anointing from God. In the days ahead we must be extra careful to
protect the mantles that God gives us because the reason it is there is because God wants to help people through us. Consistent
obedience is the way to keep our mantles clean and on our shoulders.
LK 24:49 I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been
clothed with power from on high."
