Post by Woody Williams on Feb 12, 2008 8:44:09 GMT -5
Text for the Day -- I Kings 19:1-3, 8-15
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Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all
the prophets with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah,
saying, ‘So may the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make
your life like the life of one of them by this time tomorrow.’ Then
he was afraid; he got up and fled for his life, and came to
Beer-sheba, which belongs to Judah; he left his servant there. He got
up, and ate and drank; then he went in the strength of that food for
forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God. At that place
he came to a cave, and spent the night there.
Then the word of the LORD came to him, saying, ‘What are you doing
here, Elijah?’ He answered, ‘I have been very zealous for the LORD,
the God of hosts; for the Israelites have forsaken your covenant,
thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I
alone am left, and they are seeking my life, to take it away.’
He said, ‘Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD, for the
LORD is about to pass by.’ Now there was a great wind, so strong that
it was splitting mountains and breaking rocks in pieces before the
LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind; and after the wind an
earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake; and after the
earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the
fire a sound of sheer silence. When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his
face in his mantle and went out and stood at the entrance of the
cave. Then there came a voice to him that said, ‘What are you doing
here, Elijah?’ He answered, ‘I have been very zealous for the LORD,
the God of hosts; for the Israelites have forsaken your covenant,
thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I
alone am left, and they are seeking my life, to take it away.’ Then
the LORD said to him, ‘Go, return on your way to the wilderness of
Damascus; when you arrive, you shall anoint Hazael as king over Aram.
Devotional
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Elijah, the great prophet, fled in fear for his life from the king
and queen. He is directed by an angel to go to Mt. Horeb, the
mountain where God gave the Law to Moses. There God reveals himself
in a special way to Elijah, to convince him that he is not abandoned
by God. This link to Moses and the place where Moses saw God revealed
and God's word to Elijah, enabled him to go on with his prophetic
ministry. He also was on the Mt. of Transfiguration with Jesus. It
all hangs together.
Prayer
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Be there with your strength, Lord, when I falter in fear in my faith.
Amen
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Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all
the prophets with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah,
saying, ‘So may the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make
your life like the life of one of them by this time tomorrow.’ Then
he was afraid; he got up and fled for his life, and came to
Beer-sheba, which belongs to Judah; he left his servant there. He got
up, and ate and drank; then he went in the strength of that food for
forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God. At that place
he came to a cave, and spent the night there.
Then the word of the LORD came to him, saying, ‘What are you doing
here, Elijah?’ He answered, ‘I have been very zealous for the LORD,
the God of hosts; for the Israelites have forsaken your covenant,
thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I
alone am left, and they are seeking my life, to take it away.’
He said, ‘Go out and stand on the mountain before the LORD, for the
LORD is about to pass by.’ Now there was a great wind, so strong that
it was splitting mountains and breaking rocks in pieces before the
LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind; and after the wind an
earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake; and after the
earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the
fire a sound of sheer silence. When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his
face in his mantle and went out and stood at the entrance of the
cave. Then there came a voice to him that said, ‘What are you doing
here, Elijah?’ He answered, ‘I have been very zealous for the LORD,
the God of hosts; for the Israelites have forsaken your covenant,
thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I
alone am left, and they are seeking my life, to take it away.’ Then
the LORD said to him, ‘Go, return on your way to the wilderness of
Damascus; when you arrive, you shall anoint Hazael as king over Aram.
Devotional
----------
Elijah, the great prophet, fled in fear for his life from the king
and queen. He is directed by an angel to go to Mt. Horeb, the
mountain where God gave the Law to Moses. There God reveals himself
in a special way to Elijah, to convince him that he is not abandoned
by God. This link to Moses and the place where Moses saw God revealed
and God's word to Elijah, enabled him to go on with his prophetic
ministry. He also was on the Mt. of Transfiguration with Jesus. It
all hangs together.
Prayer
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Be there with your strength, Lord, when I falter in fear in my faith.
Amen