How do you judge success in your life? How do you react when you fail? As you trust God and walk by faith do you become discouraged by the situations that appear be complete failures? When we view our successes and failures through human eyes we are not seeing the whole picture because the our baseline measure of life resides in faulty human emotions that shift like the wind driven sands of the desert. In 1 Kings 17 and 18 the prophet Elijah made a stand for God against the the prophets of Baal and Asherah showing the people of Israel that the Lord, He is God. After seeing God work in such a mighty way Elijah was faced with the wrath of Queen Jezebel in 1 Kings 19. Continue Reading…
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Egocentricity defeated as we experience God in stillness: 1 Kings 19 and 20
The Lord He is God and His power reigns over idolatry: 1 Kings 17 and 18
In 1 Kings 17 Elijah a prophet of the Lord proclaims to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, surely there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.” 1 Kings 17:1 After these words Elijah follows heads away from Ahab and hides in the wilderness. Was Elijah concerned about having his needs met since he just prophesied a drought in the land? Did Elijah have the faith to trust that God was going to supply his needs. God proves Himself faithful as he sends ravens to bring Elijah bread and meat twice daily. Can God supply your needs? Do you need a road map to take a step of faith? Elijah didn’t know what was going to happen next but he trusted that God would supply for his needs as he followed Him. Continue Reading…
Disobedience kindles God’s anger towards Israel: Judges 1 and 2
In Judges 1 we see the first key to the falling away of the Israelites which was mentioned in Joshua. The Israelites conquered many areas of the promised land and drove out many inhabitants. Why did some of the sons of Israel not drive out all the inhabitants of the lands of their inheritance? The people did not follow God’s command to drive out the inhabitants of the land. What stands out to me is how both Moses and Joshua told the Israelites that this would be a problem for them. Continue Reading…
