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Tuned In To Static
Fire From Heaven
In , Elijah has just performed one of the most prolific miracles in the Bible.
He built an altar to God and placed a bull on it.
He then soaks the altar with over 7.3 liters of water!
How many know it’s hard to start a fire with soaked wood?
In , Elijah finds himself in isolation (remember, solitude is good, isolation is bad).
He has just performed one of the most incredible miracles and victories, and because of a message sent from the queen, he runs away.
He ends up in a cave - it says that he lodged in it, that means he's there for a minute.
So Elijah then prays to God and God answers Elijah’s prayer and consumes the bull sacrifice AND the altar.
Picture of Elijah at the Altar on fire
False Prophets Slaughtered
Immediately after this, he instructs the people to seize the 450 prophets of Baal and slaughter them.
And that’s exactly what happened.
Heavy Rain Ends the Drought
Then Elijah continues to ask God to show Himself mighty, and pleads for it to rain on a land that hadn’t seen rain in 3.5 years.
14-Mile Cross Country with Bad News
Elijah then runs 14 miles and beats a horse and chariot!
King Ahab tells Queen Jezebel the news, that her 450 prophets of Baal are now dead.
The Queen’s Reaction
The queen threatens Elijah by her gods,
Jezebel was saying…one of us is going to be dead by this time tomorrow.
For someone who just experienced these great things of God over the past 24 hours, you would think Elijah wouldn’t be afraid.
INSTEAD...
Elijah finds himself in isolation (remember, solitude is good, isolation is bad).
He has just performed one of the most incredible miracles and victories, and because of a message sent from the queen, he runs away.
He ends up in a cave - it says that he lodged in it, that means he's there for a minute.
Changing Your Station
What would your response be to God, as He asks you, “What are you doing here?”After
Elijah’s response, God does this for him...
Commentary Exegesis (a critical explanation or interpretation of a text):
a. God knew what the depressed and discouraged Elijah needed.
He needed a personal encounter with God.
There was nothing fundamentally wrong with Elijah’s theology, but at the time there was something lacking in his experience.
Elijah’s Theology
Many times when we face opposition with the world, we take a step back because we don’t like opposition.
If we look at Jesus’ time spent on earth, he faced opposition in almost everything that either He did or His disciples did.
eating on the Sabbath
healing on the Sabbath
not fasting
communing with sinner
Like Elijah, we find ourselves doing the right thing, following God’s voice, but then we might get met with opposition from a friend and we find ourselves tuning out of what God is saying.
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God brought His presence before Elijah, but first to show where He was not.
The Lord was not in the wind, He was not in the earthquake, He was not in the fire.
Like many others, Elijah probably only looked for God in dramatic manifestations.
Certainly, God sometimes appears in such ways but He often appears in less dramatic surroundings.
Like many others, Elijah probably only looked for God in dramatic manifestations.
Certainly, God sometimes appears in such ways but He often appears in less dramatic surroundings.
God’s Broadcast
As soon as Elijah filtered through the static, he tuned into God’s voice that he had heard so many times before that.
Assurance & Discernment
Elijah’s Response…is exactly the same thing he said to God before.
There was some sort of healing that was taking place in Elijah to get his feelings out to God.
God meets Elijah outside the cave and responds to Elijah’s comments...
In the end, God responds with some action items for Elijah to carry out.
He then ends by saying, there are 7,000 in Israel that have not fallen to wicked ways!
Elijah thought he was all by himself, and it turns out there were plenty of others around that were in the same place he was.
This both assured Elijah that he was not alone and that his work as a prophet had indeed been fruitful.
My Encouragement
My encouragement to you, is that YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
It may feel like you have been deserted, or left to die - but I promise, God is right there with you.
He’s speaking and encouraging you - He’s working in the background bringing order to the chaotic world.
Prayer Point: Reverence, Repentance, Refreshing
Prayer Point: Direction
Prayer Point: Discernment & Assurance
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