PROCLAMATION
“There he went into a cave and spent the night. And the word of The Lord came to him: ‘What
are you doing here, Elijah?’” 1 Kings
19:9 (NIV)
EXPLANATION
After The Lord God sent down fire from above and
consumed the sacrifice, the alter, the stones, the soil, and the water around
it, (1 Kings 18:38) He ended the three long year drought and allowed rain to
fall on the land. (1 Kings 18:45) King Ahab
left the site of the sacrifice and went and told his wife Jezebel everything
that Elijah had done, including the killing of all 450 prophets of Baal. (1
Kings 18:40 and 19:1) Jezebel sent a
messenger to Elijah and told him that within 24 hours she was going to kill him.
(1 Kings 19:2) Elijah was afraid and ran
for his life and hid in the wilderness.
Then he travelled for forty days until he reached Horeb, the mountain of
God, and there he rested. (1 Kings 19:8-9)
It was there that The Lord God spoke to him and twice asked him, “What
are you doing here, Elijah?” (1 Kings 19:9 and 19:13)
APPLICATION
Sometimes we allow our human fears to cause us to forget
about the all-powerful God that we serve.
We will hide from people that we have no need to fear. We let our fears cause us to go places where
The Lord God did not intend for us to go.
The Lord God did not give us the spirit of fear. (2 Timothy 1:7) We need to examine our lives and ask
ourselves if we are where The Lord wants us to be. We have been blessed with God given talents, gifts,
and abilities which we are to use to the glory of God. We talk to and influence people every day, but
we don’t always talk about The Word of God.
The Lord God has kingdom building work for each of us to do but we
cannot do His will if we are not where He wants us to be.
