Our ceiling - Their Floor

In Exodus 33 we see Moses going out to the tent of meeting where he met with God. When the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of this tent they knew that God was talking to Moses and they also would worship at their own tent. When Moses returned to the camp, Scripture says that Joshua stayed there. You see, those who make good leaders desire God in even greater ways than their own leaders did. From watching Moses, Joshua had gotten a taste of what it's like to be a man who talks with God, and now he wanted that in an even greater way. In 2 Kings we see another example as Elijah, before going to heaven, gives his student, Elisha, one request. Elisha asks that a double portion of the power of God that had been on Elijah would now rest on him. Elisha had seen how God used Elijah, even calling down fire from God on Mt. Carmel. He had gotten a taste of that and now he desired to see God use him in an even greater way. I hope that happens with my kids and grandkids. I hope that they will love and serve Jesus in greater ways than I ever did. I hope that my spiritual ceiling becomes their spiritual floor.