You remember the during Israel's Darkest Hour as a nation to
Great, prophets came from the Lord to stand against the
efforts of Ahab, Jezebel and their descendants.
These two prophets are Elijah. The tishbite and Elisha the son
of shaphat in Israel. You remember there was a fierce
conflict between the prophets of God and King Ahab Baal worship
was finally destroyed, but the worship of God, Has not restored
as it should have been. You remember also that golden
calves were brought back into Supremacy and because of that,
this period of conflict was not followed by any permanent
blessing to the kingdom. Now as a part of the effort that
God made to bring Israel back to him.
You remember that, there was an outpouring of Miracles that God
did through His prophets. And at this point, Elijah
abruptly appears on the stage of Bible History.
And predicts a drought in the Book of James in the New
Testament. It tells us that he prayed
fervently, that it would come to pass this and ultimately show
the power and the greatness of God as a result.
While at the very same time, show the inadequacy and show the
impotence of bail during this period of three and a half
years, God was with Elijah and God protected him.
God told Elijah now he says, You Go show Yourself to Ahab and I
will send rain upon the land. And that's when Elijah
challenged Ahab and bail as demonstrated, by the events that
we talked, about two weeks ago on Sunday, evening for those
that were with us, those events that transpired on Mount Carmel,
after those prophets of Baal were unsuccessful and they're
getting their idol. God Baal to respond to their
prayer, and their requests, and we could picture what a
ridiculous side. It must have been in our minds
eye. As they had worked himself up
into a frenzy with a fever pitch, and the Bible says that
they became so desperate that they took those sharpened
objects and they cut themself and they bled, and they jumped
up and down and they called out and cried out to the name of
Baal their Pagan idol. God, you know, incidentally as a
side note, I'm told that was not uncommon for Baal worship.
It was not something that was significant only on this
occasion I understand or so. So I'm told that those that
practiced Baal worship. And also those that practice,
many other forms of pagan worship, did things just like
that. And you can picture how that's
different from when Elijah is going to speak to God, he
doesn't have to call out to him all day and all night and jump
up and down and cut himself and bleed.
We can picture the Magnificent sight after it, was that the
prophets of Baal were unsuccessful that Elijah prays
to the great God of Heaven and instantly.
The Bible says fire came down from heaven and consumed.
Everything in sight, the fire consumed, the altar, the wood,
the sacrifice, and even the water that was poured out in the
ditch around the Altar. And the Bible says that the
people fell down on their faces and they said the Lord.
He is God, the Lord, he is God, Elijah you remember also
commanded them to seize those prophets of Baal and the People
took those profits down to the river kai-shan and slew them
there. Now Elijah uses this temporary
enthusiasm of the people to strike a blow against Baal
worship. Let me just say this though.
I mentioned this briefly a couple weeks ago regarding
enthusiasm and regarding its connection with momentum.
Now, what was the problem? There was many people there that
day. I don't know how many that if
there were but the Bible says after they You the Magnificent
scene that it happened, when Elijah prays to the great God of
heaven and fire comes, raining down and consumes everything
that's on the Altar. And when the Bible says that,
they took those prophets of Baal and took them down to the river
kai-shan and slew them all. When the Bible says that the
people of God, however, many there were that day.
What did they do? They fell down with their faces
to the ground and they said the Lord.
He is God, the Lord, he is God. God.
Oh, there was a blow against Baal worship that day and Elijah
use the temporary enthusiasm of the people to do just that But
you know, I'll tell you something about enthusiasm.
It's hard to be enthusiastic all the time.
It's easy to go to a gospel meeting and get charged up and
get enthused. Whether it's one of the big
meetings that are in the United States.
Somewhere, at various times of the year, Labor Day is coming up
very soon or whether you're talking about in the in common
terms today in business, you have motivational speakers, you
know, I have sat in the audience of many that have stood and
spoke motivationally to get you charged up to go back and go
back home and sell more things. Go back home and do things
greater than you've ever done before.
That's enthusiasm. But what happens usually is
enthusiasm goes by the wayside and then you fall back to what
you've always done. You know, a man once said, one
time, if you always do what you've always done, you'll
always get what you always got. It will never change.
On this temporary day of enthusiasm.
There was a blow that was struck against Baal worship but it
didn't last enthusiasm though is connected to momentum you know I
mentioned about going to the gym as a New Year's resolution.
I won't talk about that but let me just let me just elaborate on
that or take it just to step further.
I think we'll all understand this concept.
Have you ever gotten yourself on a workout regimen and you
decided that you're going to work out Monday, Wednesday and
Friday? And you're going to do it every
week and you do it. And it's hard at first but your
Enthusiasm motivates you and you do it and you get up on Monday
and you go and work out and get up on Wednesday and you go and
workout. You get up on Friday and you
going to work out pretty soon. It becomes a habit, it's easy to
get up the next time and go to the gym.
What happens when you miss Monday?
It's a little harder to get up on Wednesday, and go.
Then when you miss Wednesday, it's real hard to get up and go
on Friday. If something is in motion, it
genuinely stays in motion. If something is moving and once
you get the ball rolling and enthusiastically, you move that
thing and you're all shouldering the load together and you're
working together and you're keeping it in motion by way of
momentum, it will We'll never stop.
But what happened? And listen, it will never stop
with very little effort. See, it takes a whole lot of
effort to start over again. How many things are we all done?
That? We had to start all over again,
because we stopped You know, this, it sounds kind of silly
but let this sink in it's easy. Somebody said one time it's easy
to stay on track when you're staying on track.
And it's easy to stay off track when you get off track.
Sounds rather simple but let that sink in.
It's true. And I'll tell you something else
if there was ever a man, that is a perfect example of how one
man. Now, one man can make a
difference. We talked about Ronnie Wade,
sermon the last time I spoke to you, and he has a sermon on that
about one, man can make a difference, and it's true, but
one man cannot do it all. And one man's enthusiasm cannot
keep momentum of the people go. Going, it takes more.
I'm going to tell you right now. If the prophet of God, the great
man of Faith, the great man of Courage, Elijah, if he couldn't
get it done with God's hand and God's power with him all the way
that no man today can get it done either.
What's that mean? That's just a fancy way of
saying folks. It's going to take all of us.
You know, we can look back on
some of the greatest periods of growth here at plans road.
We've seen growth over the years, this congregation has
been a stronghold in this area has been a pillar in this area
for so many years. Far more than my years in.
This area goes all the way back. 40, some years I think long time
ago, But I'll tell you something, I would imagine if
you would look at the times of growth of plans rope, I would
imagine it would be just like it is now the greatest times of
growth is when people were unified when people were
enthusiastic and when people were working together and
everybody was working together for the same.
Cause I bet that's when it happened every time.
Remember, enthusiasm is great motivators to get us enthused
are wonderful people that encouraged us to keep pressing
on, that's wonderful. But it's going to take all of us
to keep the momentum going to serve God and do his will.
Well afterward. Elijah goes back to the top of
Mount Carmel. And the Bible says he bowed him.
His face to the ground with his face to his knees and he prayed
for rain. He sends out a servant to look
toward the Sea. And the Bible says that the
servant goes out the first time when he comes back, he has an
unfavorable report. He comes back and said there was
nothing he sent out the second time, only to find that the
servant comes back. And the servant says there's
nothing. There's no There's no sign of
rain at all. Then the third time, then the
fourth time, then the fifth time and finally on the sixth time,
still no answer. You know, that's kind of like
name going down to the Muddy. Waters of Jordan dipped himself
six times. He still was just a wet leper.
But something happened on the seventh time to that leper when
he was cleansed something happened.
Also, on the seventh time. Is there a significance there?
I don't know. I do know this when the servant
is sent out the seventh time, finally, that servant comes back
and he has a different report. He says this, that servant says
behold there's a cloud and it's as small as a man's hand and
it's rising from the sea. Can you imagine what that must
have looked like the servant comes back and says yes?
Finally there's a sign. There's a there's a cloud and
it's this as small as the fist of a man and it's rising from
the sea See, and Elijah right then and there knew that God had
heard his prayer that his prayer was answered.
He told his servant to go, tell Ahab, hitch, up your chariot and
go before the rain stops. You ahab's destination was the
city of Jezreel. And the Bible says that the
spirit of God Came Upon Elijah and he ran ahead of ahab's
Chariot all the way to the city. You know, in summary so far.
This has been a great day of victory for the cause of God.
Elijah and all of the faithful. People can go to bed happy that
night in the hope that the kingdom had finally turned back
to God as it should have been. But unfortunately, that's not
what lay ahead. at this point, we find that Ahab comes on the
scene now and he goes to talk to his wife Jezebel Oh, she was a
piece of work now. A good old Jezebel.
You know, I'll tell you something.
If you think, for one minute, that a man's wife does not have
an impact or an influence over her husband, I want you to take
a look at this. Now Ahab is the king Ahab goes.
And he sees some magnificent things.
He sees all these prophets slaying and all of a sudden he
goes back and he's told by the servant of Elijah hurry up and
hit you up your chariot and get back to Jezreel because the
rains coming and it's going to be a quiet.
Meyer. It's going to be a flood, and
you better move, but he gets back and he talks to Jezebel and
he says, oh Jezebel, there was a contest between God and bail.
Your false prophets were killed. And there's none left.
And he told her about all of the things that had happened.
You know, I don't know why. Jezebel didn't say well we
lucked out here at least we're living.
Let's change our minds, let's change our tune.
Obviously, the great God Of Heaven, Jehovah.
God is mightier and greater than all of the false gods that I
have served in days. Gone by wouldn't have been just
easier for her to do that. That's not what happens at all.
In fact, Jezebel the Bible says is furious and she gets word by
way of a servant to bring these words to Elijah.
And this is What she says may the gods punish me severely, if
I do not kill you by this time tomorrow.
May the Gods Kill Me. if I don't kill you by this time tomorrow,
you know this mighty man of God now.
Realizes, he's mortal. And he's afraid.
You know, there's nothing wrong with being afraid.
There's nothing wrong with being afraid.
In fact, as you've heard me, say so many times, there is no such
thing as courage where there is no fear.
Bible knows, there's fear. Why was he afraid though?
God had been with him all along. Why was he so terrified?
Why did he want to run and hide? Why was that?
I don't know. All I do know is The Human Side
kicked in and something happened that happens to every single one
of us from time to time. Even though we believe in God,
we trust in God, we have hope in God and were trying to serve
God, something happened to Elijah that can happen to every
single one of us. And I would imagine it has in
your life and that is Is discouragement began to set in.
Discouragement set in, he's terrified.
He would certainly not be the first prophet of God that
Jezebel had killed. And so, the Bible says that he
runs for his life, and he comes to the city of Beersheba in the
southern part of Judah. You remember Dan was at the
Northerners part? And Beersheba was at the
southern assists part. In fact, when the Bible talks
about from Dan to Beersheba, it's talking about the entire
land of Judah. It's talking about from one end
to the next, you know, I've heard people use that, I know
pre. All the time that uses that
phrase like for example, if something is has covered a
particular subject from from was from one end to the other.
He says, man, I've covered it from Dan to Beersheba or one
time. Darrell one time said that he
was trying to describe how bad he pulled his hamstring.
And he said, man, I pulled that thing from Saskatchewan to
Idaho. Showing the length of the tear
from Dan to Beersheba. So they go down to the southern
estate part or Southern astray region of Judah in bearish and
Beersheba and Elijah. The Bible says left his servant
there and he goes another one day journey and he goes into the
desert. Now, get this, he stops to rest
under a juniper tree and he's so discouraged that he wanted to
die. You know, I've been discouraged.
I've never wanted to die. Have you ever been that
discouraged? He's so discouraged.
That his life has no value anymore.
He's so down. This man of God wants to die.
and he finds himself there under that juniper tree.
He praised. Oh Lord.
I've had enough. He says.
Please take my life. I'm no better than my ancestors.
He prayed. And the Bible says that he laid
down there under that tree and he goes to sleep.
But God was watching out for this prophet of his and Elijah.
The Bible says that on the scene comes an Angel and the angel
wakes him. And he says, get up and eat.
And Elijah looked and when he did at by his head, was a cake
of bread baked on some hot coals in a jar of water.
And the Bible says that he ate and he drank, but he laid back
down again and he went to sleep a second time.
And after that, the angel comes back to him and he says, get up
he says get up and eat again because you're going on a long
journey. So, Elijah 8 again and he
continued his journey South, he was sustained.
The scripture says on the strength of the food that the
angel had given to him while he made a trip to Mount Horeb a 40
days journey. Now the name whole rib as you
know is another name for Mount Sinai.
The Mount of God and that was going to be his journey and it
was going to take him. 40 days to get there.
When he got there to whole rib, he goes into a cave, and he
spends the night, and God spoke to Elijah once more and he says,
Elijah. What are you doing here?
And notice the words of Elijah. He says I've been zealous for
your cause. In fact the King James version
says, I've been jealous for you. You know, that's another way of
saying, I have fought for you. And when all of these other
prophets of these false gods have turned the eyes and turned
the head of your people, I have stood against them, I have been
jealous for you and I have been zealous in taking your word to
your people, but he says it's not helped at all.
The Israelites have broken down your Covenant.
They've broken down your altars. They've killed your prophets and
I'm the only one left and they're trying to kill me too.
But God said, go out and stand on the mountain because the Lord
is going to pass by you and Elijah goes out to observe.
And he saw some very startling things, very impressive things.
First of all, he sees a strong powerful wind and that wind
passes by him and it was so great that even The Rocks were
shattered, but the Bible says, the Lord was not in the wind
next. There was an earthquake and then
a fire, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.
Nor was he in the fire? But notice after these
demonstrations of God's power, there was a gentle whisper.
There was a still small voice. What did have been something to
be able to hear the still small voice?
I think it's amazing what the voice says.
He says again, Elijah. What are you doing here?
Elijah had not understood. God's point.
He answered again like he did before.
He says, God, there's no use. It's no use.
I have tried. I've done everything that I
could. I have been jealous for you.
I have been zealous for the Lord God Almighty.
It has not helped, and then he rehearses all the negative
stuff. Sometimes we do that we rehearse
all the negative things that are going on and we failed to see
the good things that are going on and the good things that are
in motion. Times, we do just like Elijah
did, and let's notice what he said.
The Israelites rejected your Covenant.
They broke down your altars, they killed your prophets and
I'm the only one left and they're out to get me too.
But I'ma tell you something, you little, you know, what God says
to him, God is going to give him the antidote for his depression
and for his discouragement. This is beautiful.
Now remember all those earthquakes and fires and wins
the Lord was not in that. I was an impressive sign that
day. We're going to get to that in a
minute about what I think all that was about But in the still
Small Voice, God's going to give Elijah the antidote for how he's
feeling. You know what he says.
He said Elijah, get up and go back.
He said, get up and go back. He said there's work to be done.
He said, it's not time for you to die.
Go back and anoint Hazel, King of the syrians.
Anoint J Hugh the king of Israel and you're also going to anoint
your successor. And his name is Elijah and I
want you to go back and anoint him too.
I'm going to tell you something, folks.
What a pattern right there. When you're discouraged, get up
and go to work. You know, I'll tell you, I know
folks. Get depressed.
I've been depressed, too. I think everybody's been
depressed at one point in time. Some folks are depressed, more
than others. I understand that completely.
I know that. I know sometimes when you try to
encourage folks and they are very depressed.
It's easier said than done. I know that too.
I know sometimes folks need medication, that's all
wonderful. It's all part of.
God's means gets great. But I tell you this about me.
Every single time that I've been depressed or down about
something, what do I want to do? I want to lay in that recliner
and I want to do nothing. I want to go to sleep.
I want to take long naps, that's what my body wants me to do.
But if I can just somehow someway muster up the courage
and the strength to grab myself by my bootstraps and get my
stuff out, the door to go do something productive.
I guarantee you every time when I will do that, I feel better.
I do feel better. One time I was feeling well.
Anyway, had a little issue. And I don't feel like doing
anything. Something as little as getting
up and went for a run with the dog.
And I felt better. You know why I got up and did
something productive? That's what he tells Elijah to
do. He said, Elijah, I know you're
down, I understand everything you're saying but the first
thing he says to him is, what are you doing here?
Get up and go back. You have work to do.
It's not time for you to die. I have these things for you to
do. I know it's hard.
I know it's hard when things hit us one thing after another after
another after another and sometimes it's hard to pick
ourselves back up. Let me illustrate it like this.
Some of you many of you most of you, maybe all of you have heard
of the Buffalo Bills of professional football.
Back in the late 1980s and early 90s.
They were the only NFL football team that had ever lost four
straight Super Bowls never happened before.
In fact, they were the only sports team of any kind that had
ever lost four world championships in a row.
It's hard to get back to the Pinnacle.
It's hard to get back to the top and compete at that level they
did it four times in a row and lost every one of them and the
third one they lost. Lost by nearly 50 points.
Marv Levy. Who's now in the Hall of Fame?
Coach of the Buffalo Bills was asked later on, as they talk
about his story, they said, what did you do?
How did you get them up again? How did you get your own mind?
Ready to go to go back into battle again?
The next year when you're disappointed like that and
you're discouraged. You know what he said?
He said one night, I was laying there and I was feeling so
discouraged and I was feeling so down, but I realized my
responsibility to my team. So in the back of my mind, all
of a sudden in my mind, came the came the words of part of a poem
about a Scottish Warrior. Maybe you've heard this before.
He said I was reminded of these words.
Fight on my men, sir. Andrew said.
I'm a little hurt but not yet, slain.
I'll just lie down and bleed awhile.
And then I'll rise. And fight again. man said one
time if you ever get down then look up Get up and most
importantly don't ever give up. If you're down, look up.
If you're down, go to work, if you're depressed, do something
productive. Elijah wants to die.
What's God say? Did he say?
Oh Just lay there. No, he says, get up and go back.
Get up and go back. He said, when you anoint these
men that I've just told you about these, men are going to
bring judgment upon the wicked ones that you are concerned
about and God said this to notice.
He says, but Elijah by the way, when you said there was no hope
and when you said that, everyone is bowing the knee before bail.
Got news for you. Elijah, it's not true.
They're still 7000 that. Have not bowed the knee before
bail. Sometimes we think there's
nobody left. Yeah, there is look around.
There is still God's people holding the line.
There are still God's people seeking to serve him.
There are still God's people that don't want to go out and
digress. In other ways that are found
religiously today. They're still those that are
left. He tells them, you focus on
those all judgments coming to the ones you're concerned about,
but you go back for the 7000 and don't you ever give up?
Elijah got up and he goes back to Israel.
Let's take a moment though. To look at the story.
Before we move further in history, Elijah had one of a
mighty Victory on Mount Carmel against the false prophets of
Baal. What did we see?
We saw the courage that Faith produces on that day.
But efforts, did not bring about lasting reforms, the lasting
reforms he had hoped for and so immediately Jezebel threatened
to kill him. He knew that she had the power
to do, so he was afraid. So he fled and the more, he
thought about the matter, the more discouraged he became.
He felt there was no use trying any harder because in his mind,
nothing was going to help. Now, we've already noted that
three and a half years of drought was in response to his
prayer. We already knew that we already
knew that on Mount Carmel. Elijah stood there and hope the
people had learned, the lesson that bear was powerless.
We know that too. He could neither send fire to
burn. When the sacrifice nor could
produce rain, to help the land yet, it was obvious that Jezebel
had a Stranglehold on the land and the people were not going to
reject Baal worship. So why keep trying?
That was Elijah's perspective. Why Try?
What's the use? sometimes folks say that when we
talk about preaching to the Lost, what's the use, They're
not interested, you know, whether they're interested or
whether they're not interested has nothing to do with us.
Whether they're interested and whether they're not interested
has nothing to do with Jesus command of taking the gospel to
everyone in the world. Nowhere is it said that there's
a condition take the gospel to the Lost unless they don't want,
it doesn't say that. So Elijah said there's no use
that's his perspective. But notice God's response and
God's perspective. Now, God, whose thoughts are
higher than our thoughts? God, whose ways are higher?
Than our ways. Let's notice what God does.
Did you notice that 40 days passed by before?
God spoke to Elijah at Mount Horeb?
He became discouraged but God does not speak to him for 40
days. He ever wonder why?
Why 40 days? Why was the time given to
Elijah? Well, I'll tell you what, I
think, I really think that God was allowing time itself to be a
Healer for Elijah's discouragement.
I really do You ever heard the saying times, he Time Heals all
wounds, someone that you dearly loved passes from this life and
the pain is so great and so acute when you go to their
funeral and it's terrible but little by little, oh, you're
always sad! But little by little, it doesn't
hurt quite as bad. And then time goes by and you
look back on that individual and you do so with laughter and
happiness and great stories that you remember and joy because
Time Heals wounds, Certainly there's a reason to grieve over
the nation of Israel and God allowed time for Elijah to do
that, but grieving alone will not solve Israel's problems.
It was not as hopeless as Elijah had thought it was and notice
God's actions. He spoke to Elijah asking him
why he was there instead of back in Israel.
But did you notice never one time?
Did God rebuke, Elijah for being discouraged?
Not once Listen, that's the same.
Loving God. that rebukes men in the Bible continually that's the
same God that through his word, rebukes us to same God when we
failed him. When we turn our back on him,
there's great rebuke coming. When people make poor choices,
there is ramifications coming and there is rebuke and
correction coming. But what about when you're
discouraged, not one time. Was Elijah rebuked, not once,
but let me just tell you what the greatest encouragement you
can ever. Give somebody is not stay down.
Stay down. It's all right.
Feel like you do. I didn't help at all.
Now, you need somebody to encourage you to look up.
Get up. And don't give up.
Because you don't have a choice. You got to do it for the rest of
your life and when you fall down and you will, you got to look up
and get up. And never give up.
Those are things that help us. When we are down God,
demonstrated his power over nature instead of rebuking
Elijah, he was reminding Elijah that God is still in control and
that he could care for his profit in this great sign that
he shows him when he said the Lord is going to pass by all.
He saw were these Great Signs Wind Fire and earthquake but God
was not in them. Showing the prophet that God is
still in control God. Quietly spoke to Elijah again
asking him why he was there. But Elijah was still too
discouraged to understand, but God still does not rebuke him.
Instead. God told him to go back and
perform the duties that God had for him.
Get that you're down. Go do some booties, you're
feeling sad. Go do some duties that are
required of you. That I have told you to do.
Go to work, roll up your sleeves and you'll feel better.
And incidentally, we're keeping the will of God when we are
performing our duties spiritually.
After all, that God tells him, it's not hopeless.
You know, it's interesting that God Waits until the last of all
to tell Elijah he's not alone. Even if Elijah had been standing
totally alone in Israel. God still could have protected
him. He could have done that and he
could have helped him perform, all of his assigned tasks. but
another thought though is and I think this is What God is doing?
Another thought is that God was teaching Elijah that God works
in different ways too. There's a time for fire.
There's a time for judgment. There's a time for earthquakes.
There's a time for all of that. There was a time for those
Wicked Man on Mount Carmel to see the magnificence and
greatness and power and might of God there's a time for that.
But guess what? when God was going to tell his
will, To Elijah. He does it with a whispering
still small voice. If we want to know, what God's
will is, it is always through his word.
God tells us his will through his word.
What does God expect for us? What is God's will for me?
God's will for me, is the same will that he has for you and
that is to serve him all the days of your life, with whatever
you've got whatever talents, whatever abilities that you have
God. Surely speaks quietly to us
through his word. When when he seeks to teach man
his will many today are looking for signs.
Like they did in Old Times, they're looking for fire and
earthquakes today. They're looking for something
greater. There's To be something else.
It's not enough. So says the religious world
today. I'll tell you what it was enough
for Elijah, though. The still Small Voice, the
whispering voice of God. Telling him what his will was
God's will is given to us through his word.
You know, this story as we draw a remarks to a close this
morning, I really think ought to be an encourage encouragement to
us in our service to God. Because there are times when we
grow discouraged in our efforts to serve God Faithfully, perhaps
we to if Fox some mighty battle against forces of evil, only to
find that we've had little success or maybe none at all or
that we can see. We may grieve just as Elijah did
but God's message is the same for us today.
And that is certainly grieve over the sin of the world.
But don't let that grief cripple you to the point that you cannot
move forward to the tasks before you And remember God has told us
to do our part and taking the truth to the world.
But he's never said, convert. All of those that reject me.
That's not what he says. Not one time, we are seed
throwers and water boys, take the seed cast it out.
The cultivated soil needs to happen though, regarding their
heart. And if their soil is right, if
their heart is, right. The seed is perfect.
That's all we need. The seed is perfect.
The heart has to change. The message is true.
The message has the same power. It's always had. well, finally,
now When Elijah got back to Israel.
He goes into a field. Where Elisha the son of shaphat
was plowing and Elijah walks up to him and the Bible says, I
don't know. I've tried to picture this but
he takes off his cloak, he takes his outer garment his cloak.
Some say his mantle some translations.
But he take, he took his cloak and he walks up to Elijah and
Elijah, Elijah, and Elisha is in them in the middle of plowing.
In the field. He's working.
You know it's kind of a picture there.
God always chooses workers God always wants workers.
What's he doing? Like those Apostles mending
their Nets, casting their Nets, doing all those things, all of
those things that are productive workers.
Those are the ones that were called here's Elijah.
He's out there plowing his field and Elijah walks up to him.
He takes off his cloak and he put his cloak on his back, and
he said nothing to him. And he turns and walks away. but
Elijah knew right then and there I'm to follow him.
He said, let me go back. Elijah said, no, don't go back.
He said, let me go back me. Say goodbye, don't go back but
it goes. Back in the Bible says he
prepares those oxen and he cooks them and he feeds those that
were there seemingly to say farewell to them.
And finally, he rises up and he follows.
Elijah recognizing he is, to become his attendant from that
point forward. So now on the scene, we find of
Bible history on the stage, now is another character and that is
the Prophet Elijah. There are some other things and
Other Stories that come up in the life of Ahab and so forth.
As we and Jezebel, as we continue forward, will notice a
few of those as we move along, as we're continuing with our
theme of kings of the divided Kingdom, and the profits of that
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