A
reminder for today
At
the usual time for offering the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet walked up
to the altar and prayed, "O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, prove
today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant. Prove that I have done
all this at your command”. Immediately the fire of the LORD flashed
down from heaven and burned up the young bull, the wood, the stones, and the
dust. It even licked up all the water in the trench! And when all the
people saw it, they fell face down on the ground and cried out, "The
LORD—he is God! Yes, the LORD is God!" (1 Kings 18:36 and 38-39)
This is one of my favourite chapters in the Bible. Elijah
challenged the prophets of Baal to a contest where they had to show whose god
is the real God. Then call on the name of
your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The god who answers by
setting fire to the wood is the true God!" And all the people agreed
(Verse 24).
The contest took place on Mount Carmel and off course
Baal never answered. What is really important and caught my attention is not
the boldness of Elijah but what he prayed: "O
LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, prove today that you are God in Israel
and that I am your servant. Prove that I have done all this at your command.” Elijah
prays that the Lord must prove that he did this at the Lord’s command. That is
the essence of the whole contest. Elijah did not act on his own and decided
that he must challenge the prophets of baal, he did this as the Lord commanded
him to do. In this he followed God’s voice and trusted God completely for he
knew that God is with him and God will do as He said.
My dear friend, this contest is not only an important
part in the deity of our Lord, but also an important result of how God can move
within our lives. When God is with you there is nothing that can stop you and
when you follow His voice you will be victorious. It is about trusting God and
doing as He commands, it is about following His voice and listening to His
direction, it is about God and not about us.
Come my dear friend, God is calling us to live our lives
doing as He commands and boldly take on the enemy as we show Him to the world. Don't be afraid, for I am with you. Don't be
discouraged, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will hold
you up with my victorious right hand. (Isaiah 41:10)
Have and awesome day dear friend of Jesus
Cheers
