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If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Thursday, April 23, 2020
Today's Passage : Today's Passage:Israel after Solomon (4) - Elijah Appears Bible Verse:1 Kings 17 "Now Elijah, of Tishbea in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, before whom I stand, there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.” And the word of the Lord came to him: “Go to Zarephath. I have commanded a widow there to feed you.” And when he came to the gate of the city, a widow was there gathering sticks. And he called to her and said, “Bring me a little water in a vessel, and a morsel of bread in your hand.” And she said, “I have nothing baked, only a handful of flour, and a little oil in a jug. I am gathering a couple of sticks that I may go in and prepare it for myself and my son, that we may eat it and die.” Elijah said to her, “Do not fear; go and do as you have said. But first make me a little cake of it and bring it to me, and afterward make something for yourself and your son. For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘The jar of flour shall not be spent, and the jug of oil shall not be empty, until the day that the Lord sends rain upon the earth.’” And she went and did as Elijah said. And the jar of flour was not spent, neither did the jug of oil become empty. After this the son became ill, and there was no breath left in him. And she said to Elijah, “What have you against me, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance and to cause the death of my son!” And he took him from her arms and carried him up to his own bed. Then he stretched himself upon the child three times and cried to the Lord, “O Lord my God, let this child’s life come into him again.” And the Lord listened to the voice of Elijah. And the life of the child came into him again. And the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is truth.”" Message:
We are introduced to Elijah abruptly. 1 Kings 16 ends by telling us that King Ahab provoked God more than any other king, by his horrendous idolatry; in fact, he married a priestess of Ba’al from Phoenicia, Jezebel, whose name still stands today for female wickedness. The next thing the Bible tells us is that some man named Elijah comes up to Ahab and predicts a drought. Elijah is a nobody from nowhere. We have no background information at all, except that he is from Gilead, a poor mountainous land east of the Jordan River. He simply shows up one day, predicting drought.
The story told in 1 Kings 17 is not of much historical interest and would be unimportant except for one thing: it is theological dynamite. Elijah does not simply have the gift of prophecy — for we suspect that his prediction of a drought will come true — but also, he can work miracles by the power of God.
Anyone who has read one of the Gospels will hear a bell ring, when Elijah makes a tiny amount of food last for many meals, and brings someone back from the dead. He is a prophet not only in his words, but also and more importantly, in his person. Isaiah and others will be the great verbal prophets of a messiah; but Elijah is a preliminary embodiment of the messiah. He is unique. His prophecy is himself.
His memory will be so powerfully etched on the Hebrew mind that, when Jesus asks the disciples who the people think He is, they reply: “Some say . . . [you are] Elijah.” (Mark 8:27-28)
Meditation : Prayer : Lord, in utter humility I thank you and glorify you, that you might hear the prayer of one so small as myself, amidst the billions of souls among billions of stars in one of billions of galaxies in your universe. Let me go forth in your peace, keeping your Spirit always in my mind; and bless me, I pray, that I might always follow your will and live in the radiance of your blessing......Amen |
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