Message Title: Elijah: A Human Like Us
Message Text: 1 Kings 17
Message Truth: God does not help those who help themselves, he helps those who surrender.
- Background of Kings
- “Jeroboam did evil in the eyes of the Lord.
- Nadab his son did evil in the eyes of the Lord.
- He was assassinated by Baasha who did evil in the eyes of the Lord.
- He was followed by his son Elah who did evil in the eyes of the Lord.
- He was assassinated by Zimri who did evil in the eyes of the Lord.
- He was assassinated by Omri who did even more evil in the eyes of the Lord.
- He was succeeded by his son Ahab who was the worst of all the kings of Israel to this point.”
- Elijah name – The Lord (El) is My (i) God (jah)
Surrender – submitting your will to God trusting Him to write your story.
Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word.” 1 Kings 17:1
Preparation- letting God do the work necessary in you to do the work he wants to do through you.
Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah: 3 “Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. 4 You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens to supply you with food there. ”So he did what the Lord had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there. 6 The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.7 Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. 1 Kings 17-27
Direction- seeing every moment is a significant step to becoming the person God wants you to be.
Then the word of the Lord came to him: 9 “Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow there to supply you with food.” 10 So he went to Zarephath. 1 Kings 17:8-10
When it comes to spiritual matters, it’s not so much about distance but direction.
God does have a road map for your life, but he’s got the only copy, and it’s locked up on the third floor of the administration building in heaven. And he has your life on his heavenly GPS tracker, but he’s the only one who can see it. Instead of a map or a GPS tracker, he gives us a flashlight and says, “Trust me and take the next step.” Faith and Obedience