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*Revive! Are you ready to come back to life?  Testify!*
There are certain authors I love to read.
One such author is John Fischer.
John has a website called “The Catch.”
Last June John wrote, /“Los Angeles has a new rock star.
Literally!
It’s a rock – a 340 ton granite //megalith.
The artist, Michael Heizer, calls his sculpture “Levitated Mass” because of its imaginative display which includes a 456 foot long groove that runs beneath the 21’ high boulder making it possible for visitors to walk completely underneath allowing a view unlike any other.//
Who wants to go see the big rock?
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*/Michael Heizer said,/*/ “Art is made to memorialize time.”
John Fischer said, “Only in this case, it is God’s art that is being showcased.”*[i]*/
I understand that Michael Heizer gets the credit.
$10 million dollars[ii] made this display possible, but who actually made the rock?
God did!  Can you imagine someone interviewing God?  /“Wow, Almighty God, that’s one big rock – quite an accomplishment on your part.”
/And God responds.
/ “Oh that thing!
That’s nothing – I didn’t even use a whole word to make that rock - 340 tons is a cake walk to me.
Hey, do you want to see something impressive?
Something that will really blow your mind?
Well let me show you!”/
            *Turn in your Bibles today to 1st Kings 17:15*.
Today we finish the entire 17th chapter of 1st Kings as we seek to be revived.
To do that you are going to need a Bible.
Let me show you two pictures.
This is a jar of flour that Mark Boyer put on his desk at work.
Here’s a jar of flour that Deb Dunning put on her table in her home.
Why did they do that?
Because the jar is a reminder of God’s provision.
God tests Elijah.
Go to this widow.
Elijah tests the widow.
Make me some bread even though you have very little bread.
If you do – this will happen!
*Find verse 15.  Read 15-16!*
I bet this woman is just stoked.
She doesn’t have to grind grain.
She doesn’t have to press olives.
Every day the jar of flour stays full.
The jug of oil never runs dry.
I can picture her jumping up and down every morning for breakfast saying, /“God rocks, Baal stinks!”/
Because of her faith in Elijah’s God her outlook on life was FULL and vibrant despite the drought!  *But then the unthinkable happens.*
The flour doesn’t run out.
Neither does the oil.
But her faith takes a hit!  *Find 1st Kings 17:17!  (Read 17)  *
Verse 20 tells us the boy’s dead!
His illness started off slowly but soon took his life.
She’s not happy!
*Go to verse 18!*  This widow has a guilty conscience.
What she did really doesn’t matter.
It’s all lumped into sin!
But people then and in Jesus’ day and even today often believe that God punishes our sin by taking it out on someone we love.
*Look at John 9:2-3: * /His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" [3] "Neither this man nor his parents sinned," said Jesus, "but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life.
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This widow does what we all do.
In a moment of crisis she blames Elijah!  /“OK, I admit it.
I messed up.
I have committed boulder sized mistakes in my life.
So you’re going to take my son because of my sin?”  /And what does Elijah do in response to her blaming him?
*He blames God!  Go to verse 19!  (Read 19-20)*
A friend of mine, Robin Hart had this picture posted on FB.  *“When I die, I want my tombstone to offer free Wi-Fi, just so people will visit more often.”
*We try our best to make death funny, but it’s not.
Death isn’t funny and Elijah isn’t happy either.
He questions God!  *Look at verse 20 again!*
Are you questioning God about something in your life?
I don’t understand why this accident had to happen?
I don’t understand why I still can’t find a job?
I don’t understand why my spouse would make such a bonehead, selfish decision?
*I’ve referenced this book before but here I go again*.
Brian Jones wrote a book called Second Guessing God.
He wrote about a time where he felt so distant from God.
So distant he wondered if he even believed in God anymore.
This troubled him so much he decided to call a college mentor to get his advice.
He told his professor, /“My faith in God right now is like a walk on the beach.
I’ve taken off my shoes, and as I stand at the water’s edge, the tide has started to roll across my feet.
It feels wonderful.
Up to this point my spiritual journey has been incredible, but in the last six months doubt has begun to paralyze me.
It’s like when the water goes back out to the ocean.
It is washing away the sand underneath me, and my feet keep sinking lower and lower and lower.
If this keeps up, there won’t be anything left.
/*And with that his friend made one statement that changed his life.
*/“Brian, listen to me when I say this.
When the last grain of sand is finally gone, you’re going to discover that you’re standing on a rock.”*[iii]*/
And that rock is not a 340 ton gargantuan.
That rock is Christ Jesus himself.
I believe allot of us think that when we walk through heavens doors whatever they are made of – we will then proceed to ream God out!
Why did you take my son?
How could you have let my little daughter suffer?
How could you keep Moses and Aaron from entering the Promised Land!
Why did you let madmen like Herod, Nero, Hitler and Osama bin Laden rule?
And honestly God, who really wrote Hebrews?
The last time a part of creation demanded answers from the creator – i.e.
Job to God – it didn’t go well.
Job had no answers – only humble apologies.
We will not ream God then, but we sure blame him now!
Even Elijah did!
And then he does something that’s just flat weird.
*Go to verse 21.* 
Remember, God always hears and answers our prayers.
We get frustrated because it’s not the answer we want to hear!
But not this time.
*Go to verse 22. (Read 22 & 23)*
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