Elisha, the next generation, picked up the mantle, and He knew who to call on. He called on the Lord God. He moved by faith, struck the waters, and the waters rolled back, left and right. This was his time now. The mantle was his; he would be anointed as the lead prophet of God to speak truth to power.
Are You In, or Are You Out?
If we are not all in, we will not stay the course when the going gets tough and hard times come. Anyone can fake it in the good times, but who we really are is exposed when the trials and troubles of life come at us in wave after wave of adversity. When those times come (and they always do), Apostle Peter said an uncommitted person will be like a dog returning to his own vomit and a pig going back to wallowing in the mire (1Pt 2:22).