Elijah Predicts a Drought

  

1 Kings 17:1-7

 

July 7, 2021

 

 

Elijah Predicts a Drought

Now Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe 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:   “Depart from here and turn eastward and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.   You shall drink from the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.”   So he went and did according to the word of the Lord. He went and lived by the brook Cherith that is east of the Jordan.   And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening and he drank from the brook.   And after a while, the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.

 

As one who follows Jesus Christ, what is to be learned from the seven verses, can bring peace, yes contentment in the worst of storms.  The God you serve is a promise keeper, if He gives you a job to do, He will provide, and protect you in the middle of the storm.  God will do for you as He did for Elijah.  When the brook dried up Elijah knew that God was to bring judgment on Ahab and his evil wife who killed the prophet of God.  He had no doubt that God would keep His promise both to Ahab and to Him.

 

The Church and I am not referring to a denomination but those who believe the Scriptures and try to follow them.  That is the Church, and it took its eyes off the promise of God and put its trust in men, during the pandemic.  It was a testimony of a lack of faith in a Big God, who had made so many promises to His people, it was the Church telling the world we cannot trust the promises of God.  That was not the testimony of Elijah.

 

Jan and I sought the Lord and searched the Scriptures for His promises, our friend Joyce Ray did the same and later she told us this was the promise she held to, and it brought peace not fear during the pandemic. Psalm 91:9-11, “Because you have made the Lord your dwelling place—the Most High, who is my refuge—no evil shall be allowed to befall you, no plague come near your tent.  For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.”

 

Now maybe the problem with the Church is that too many go by the name but it is only words, and the Lord is not their dwelling place or their refuge?

 

From the Back Porch,

 

Bob Rice

P.S. The gate of Hell shall not prevail against it.  Jesus talking about the Church