Understanding the Anointingkings went to him.
2 KINGS 3:13,14
13 And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with
thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of
thy mother [because they had forsaken God]. And the king of
Israel said unto him, Nay: for the Lord hath called these three
kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.
14 And Elisha said, As the Lord of hosts liveth, before whom I
stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of
Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor
see thee.
The Prophet Elisha regarded the presence of Jehoshaphat
because God regarded the presence of Jehoshaphat. God will do
a lot of things for his own people. Jehoshaphat wanted Elisha to
prophesy regarding the outcome of the impending battle.
Elisha called for a minstrel, and his anointing was enhanced.
2 KINGS 3:15,16
15 But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, WHEN
THE MINSTREL PLAYED, THAT THE HAND OF THE
LORD CAME UPON HIM.
16 And he said, Thus saith the Lord....
Elisha went on to give the message of victory God gave him.
"The hand of the Lord came upon him." Did you notice that?
The "hand of the Lord" is the Holy Spirit, or we could say "the
hand of the Lord" is the anointing.
Notice that Elisha couldn't start prophesying any time he
wanted to, so he said, "Bring me a minstrel." And the hand of
the Lord came upon him when the minstrel played.
Music comes under the ministry of helps listed in First
Corinthians 12:28. The ministry of music is one of the greatest
helps there is. Thank God for the ministry of music.
The Bible has much to say about music in connection with
worship. We know that music helps us worship God. If you play
the right kind of music in your home when you're praying or
studying the Bible, what a difference it makes. When David
would sing and play his harp, the evil spirit that troubled King