2 kings 2: 9 When they came to the other side, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me what I can do for you before I am taken away.” And Elisha replied, “Please let me inherit a double share of your spirit and become your successor.”

10 “You have asked a difficult thing,” Elijah replied. “If you see me when I am taken from you, then you will get your request. But if not, then you won’t.”

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11 As they were walking along and talking, suddenly a chariot of fire appeared, drawn by horses of fire. It drove between the two men, separating them, and Elijah was carried by a whirlwind into heaven. 12 Elisha saw it and cried out, “My father! My father! I see the chariots and charioteers of Israel!” And as they disappeared from sight, Elisha tore his clothes in distress.

​usually we would look at this and think that it is not for Elisha to ask to be Elijah's successor.. we would look at it as if this is pride.. now I know that he was already ​told by God and Elijah that he would be the one to take Elijah's place.. 

sometimes God will tell us something great about ourself and our future and we accept it.. are happy for it.. and then comes this horrific lesson of humbling us.. so that we know it has nothing to do with our own greatness but all about God's greatness.. 

surely this is what Joseph dealt with where his brothers were concerned.. they didn't believe his dreams.. they were thinking he was saying he was better than them... really he was just saying what God had said to him... 

it is very hard to know what to tell to who.. it is hard to know what is God's will and what is our will when they become the same thing.. what I have learned is that we just need to go forward every day.. right where we are.. and God will open the road before us.. that is what I am believing..