When the prophet Elijah was sent by God to call Elisha to be a prophet and to be his successor, he found Elisha at work in the field with the plow. There were 12 plows at work, with 12 yoke of oxen, and Elisha was with the twelfth. But although the call of God came to him so suddenly, he did not hesitate, but at once obeyed. And the striking fact connected with the call is that he not only obeyed it at once, but he slew the oxen with which he had been plowing, burned his plow to cook their flesh, and invited his men to partake of the feast. He thus signified, in an emphatic manner, his determination to completely obey his calling.
If you profess faith in Christ, have you burned your plow? I mean, have you come clean out of the world, making it manifest that you are no longer under the dominion of sin and Satan, but that you are Christ’s? We need to be very separate and very distinct and very decided. No man can serve God and mammon; may we not be guilty of trying to do both. The question therefore is a pertinent one, and worthy of consideration by you, namely, Have you burned your plow?
Gospel Echo, Vol. 21