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FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS ( Day 11)
After the prophet’s of Baal had tried and failed to rouse their god from slumber, and answer their prayers for fire on the altar, it was now Elijah’s turn. It is interesting how Elijah begins this task. The first thing he does is to ask the people to come near to him (verse 30), they would be witnesses to all that would happen; there would no trickery or smoke and mirrors. Continue reading
FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS ( day 10)
The contest on Mount Carmel began with the prophets of Baal taking their bull, and offering it to their god, in their manner and custom. The telling statement in the passage is though “but there was no voice. No one answered; no one paid attention”
(1 Kings 18:29 ESV) Continue reading
FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS ( DAY 9)
This was High Noon for Elijah, the showdown on Mount Carmel was about to begin. The people might have had nothing to say by way of response to Elijah’s comment that they were halting between two opinions ( verse 21), but I am sure they were thinking plenty! It must have seemed to everyone watching that the odds were uneven and that Elijah was on a hiding to nothing. Continue reading
FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS (DAY 8)
The Contest on Mount Carmel (1 Kings 18:16-39) was to be the ultimate test of Elijah’s faith in God. All that happened thus far in his life was preparation for the time when he as a lone voice would call an entire nation to faith in God. Continue reading
For SUCH A TIME AS THIS ( Day 7)
For Ahab to describe Elijah as “you Troubler of Israel” ( 1 Kings 18:17) was in effect to pronounce a death sentence on the prophet. The word of the king was law and would, in ancient times, lead to a quick and summary execution. Especially if the king was accusing a subject of treason, as Ahab seems to be doing. Continue reading
FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS (DAY 6)
The story of Elijah’s life could accurately be summed up as Duncan Campbell puts it as “ God’s hand upon a man”. God is intimately involved in every encounter we read of in his life, and Elijah’s every move and word seem to be directed by God’s direct revelation to him. The work of God through Elijah leads others to confess as the widow of Zarephath “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is truth.” (1 Kings 17:24 ESV). Continue reading
FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS (DAY 5)
The story of Elijah’s encounter with Obadiah is interesting. Obadiah ( not to be confused with the Old Testament prophet of the same name) is a servant of King Ahab, and described as being over the king’s household, and therefore a man of some influence Continue reading
FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS ( DAY 3)
Character in a time of crisis
Day Three 1 Kings 8- 15 Faith in a place of testing.’ The first thing Elijah is recorded as doing in the Bible is to declare the word of the Lord to King Ahab and proclaim a drought, which will only come to an end when God decrees ( 1 Kings 17:1). Elijah in complete obedience to the word of God goes first to hide at a brook where he is fed by ravens. He is then sent to Zarephath on the Mediterranean coast in what is Lebanon today. Continue reading
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“FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS ” ( Day 2)
One of the great names of God in Old Testament Scripture is Jehovah Jireh meaning ‘the Lord Provides’. This comes from the stirring incident on Mount Moriah recorded in Genesis 22 when Abraham in obedience offers Isaac his son as a sacrifice to God. God stops Abraham from doing so and shows Abraham and Isaac, a ram caught in a thicket, which was truly God’s provision for them. Continue reading
FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS ( Day 1)
FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS ”
Character in a time of Crisis
Today We start a new series of short devotional notes entitled ‘For such a time as this’.
These words were famously used by Mordecai in the book of Esther to describe Esther’s crucial calling during a terrible time of crisis for the Jewish people.
Today we are as a world, most certainly faced with an extraordinary time of upheaval. With this in mind, we’ll look in these daily notes at some of those in scripture who have shown character in times of crisis—beginning with the life and times of the prophets Elijah and Elisha. The two prophets have much to teach us, and much that applies to all our lives. It is my hope and prayer that these notes, part expositional part devotional will not only whet an appetite in us all to read these scriptures but also to follow and live for God as they did. Continue reading