Every week, I travel the world to preach, constantly seeking to discern God’s will and to stay attentive to His voice. More than a year ago, God gave me a message. And how grateful I was to hear, a few weeks later, my senior pastor Nicolas share that very same word:

“Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left.”  (Isaiah 54:2-3, KJV)

It’s in that spirit that I want to share with you what God has placed on my heart, from a simple yet profound text:

“And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us. Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye.”  (2 Kings 6:1-2, KJV)

A room too small: the sign of a God who is moving

This is the story of Elisha, a prophet with a powerful ministry, leading a school of prophets. The place where they gather has become too small, and its occupants simply plan to enlarge their quarters. On the surface, nothing unusual.

Yet behind this situation lies a deep spiritual truth. This text isn’t first about a building. It’s about a season, and about a people beginning to discern that God is doing something beyond what they’ve known so far. Elisha’s ministry was already seeing extraordinary miracles multiply, and a new hunger for God’s presence and power was being born in the land.

It’s in this context that the sons of the prophets come to Elisha with this simple observation: “The place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.” Not a complaint, not a report of failure, not a criticism, just an observation. And that is exactly where the revelation of this passage lies: the place had become too small because God was moving with power. The narrowness wasn’t the problem; it was the proof that a supernatural growth was underway.

I believe this word is deeply prophetic for each of us, but also, and especially, for Gospel Center and Gospel Wave today. We can look back with gratitude: God’s faithfulness across decades, lives transformed, families restored, missionaries sent out into the nations. But today I come to you with humility, carrying a message received from God for this church and for each one of you: there is more.

God doesn’t call us to live only on the memory of what He did yesterday, but to look with faith at what He is preparing for tomorrow. Every time a generation thinks it has reached a limit, God opens a new door. And this “more” that God wants to give us has nothing to do with an unsatisfied generation that always wants to consume more, it’s tied directly to His very nature, that of an infinitely great God.

1. What was great yesterday can become too small today

What’s surprising in this account is that the sons of the prophets discern a new season before Elisha even speaks. Yet they don’t despise their past: they recognize that this place had been a blessing, the place where they grew and were formed for their calling. But they understand that what was perfectly suited to one season can become insufficient for the next.

This reality shows up again and again in Scripture. Egypt had been a blessing for Joseph and his family during the famine, but it could not become Israel’s permanent destiny. The wilderness had been an extraordinary school where the people learned to depend on God, but it wasn’t the Promised Land.

I believe there’s a subtle danger for believers and for churches: not a lack of gratitude for the past, but becoming so attached to it, so content living off yesterday’s breakthroughs, that it keeps us from believing in a future where there is more. The greatest obstacle to our future isn’t always the devil’s opposition. Very often, it’s a vision that has become too small for what God wants to do. When our vision shrinks, our faith shrinks, and when our faith shrinks, we stop seeing the possibilities God places in front of us.

2. The God of the Bible is a God of expansion

As we go through Scripture, we discover a God who constantly enlarges His people’s vision, who always sees further than men do. When He calls Abraham, Abraham has no child and his wife is barren. Yet God already speaks to him of a multitude of nations. Abraham looks at his age and his limits; God looks at a descendance as numerous as the stars of the sky.

The difference between our gaze and God’s is immense. We look at closed doors; God already sees the ones He’s about to open. We look at obstacles; God looks at the victories to come. That’s why the apostle Paul can write:

“Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.”  (Ephesians 3:20, KJV)

I sincerely believe that one of the enemy’s most effective strategies is to shrink our vision, to lock our faith inside the limits of our past experiences. But the Holy Spirit wants to enlarge our hearts and our understanding of what God is capable of accomplishing. That’s why the Lord declares: “Enlarge the place of thy tent…” (Isaiah 54:2-3). It’s worth noticing that God asks His people to enlarge before they even see the promise fulfilled. Faith always prepares the space before the blessing arrives.

3. The Jordan: the place of passage toward more

The sons of the prophets don’t simply say, “Let’s build a bigger building.” They declare, “Let us go unto Jordan.” Throughout the Bible, the Jordan represents the passage into a new season: it’s where Israel leaves the wilderness for the Promised Land, where Elijah hands his mantle to Elisha, where Jesus is baptized before entering His public ministry.

The Jordan is dying to self so that the life of God can invade us. It’s dying to our own ambitions, to enter into His plans; the death of self, so that He can take His full place.

I sincerely believe that today, many are standing before their own Jordan. But I also believe that we are standing before the Jordan, called not to look back, but to move forward in faith into the apostolic calling that rests on this house. It’s time to shake off the dust of the wilderness, and not doubt that there is so much more for us:

• There is more of the revelation of His Presence.
• There is more of His power and His anointing.
• More conversions, more disciples, more church plants, more new territories to conquer.
• And above all, more of Him.

Many will say, “I don’t need more.” But God answers, “I want to give you more, so that you can show those close to you, your family, your region who I am.” Maybe you think you don’t need a bigger house — but God might want to give you a bigger one, not for yourself, but so you can host those who can’t afford it.

4. Everyone takes up their beam

This phrase deserves a moment of reflection: “We will take there every man a beam.” The text doesn’t say that only a few people will bring a beam, or that the work will rest on a handful of specialists. It says that everyone will take up their beam.

What an extraordinary picture of the Kingdom of God! God’s work is never carried by one man alone. God uses pastors, but He also uses entrepreneurs, teachers, doctors, families. When Joseph governed Egypt, he served God. When Esther stood before the king, she served God.

Too often, we’ve thought that only those who step onto a platform truly take part in God’s work. Yet the Kingdom advances through men and women filled with the Holy Spirit in every sphere of society, and God has more for everyone. I want to tell entrepreneurs it’s time to start believing again that their business is a mission God has entrusted to them, and that there is more. I believe some families need to start believing again that they can influence other families, and that there is more.

5. A church that is expansive and full of energy

It’s impossible not to draw a parallel with Jesus’ words in Matthew 16, when He answers Peter:

“And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”  (Matthew 16:18-19, KJV)

Jesus describes a Church so expansive that even the gates of hell cannot stop it. Gates are defensive structures, they don’t chase anyone, they exist to protect a territory. That means Jesus doesn’t see His Church retreating before the darkness; He sees it advancing against it, penetrating territories under the influence of sin and death to bring them the light of the Kingdom.

This is exactly what we see in the account of Elisha. The sons of the prophets refuse to stay confined to a space that has become too small. They’re not simply building a building, they’re positioning themselves for what God is doing.

Conclusion: there is more

When the sons of the prophets lay out their plan to Elisha, he simply answers: “Go ye.” That answer sounds short, but it’s full of meaning: yes, a new season has begun; yes, God is preparing more.

That’s why we must look at the future with faith and not with fear. Like the sons of the prophets, we must be ready to rise up, to go to the Jordan, and to each take up our own beam, so we can take part in the work God is building.

The place didn’t become too small because God stopped moving. The place became too small because God is already moving. And because He is already moving, we can declare in faith: there is more.

The best of God is not behind us.
The best of God is still ahead of us.
And with God, there is always more.

In Him,

Jean-Luc Trachsel