“You can’t do it.” Many of us have used these words as inspiration to push us and drive us to do better. However, we are human and there are things that we can’t do, and God knows it. He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold, there was an angel touching him, and he said to him, “Arise, eat.” Then he looked and behold, there was at his head a bread cake baked on hot stones, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again. The angel of the Lord came again a second time and touched him and said, “Arise, eat,…

Afraid and hopeless. Yesterday we saw Jezebel threaten Elijah and today we see that Elijah is afraid. Read 1 Kings 19:3-4. And he was afraid and arose and ran for his life and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there. But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree; and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, “It is enough; now, O Lord , take my life, for I am not better than my fathers.” 1 Kings 19:3‭-‬4 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/1ki.19.3-4.NASB He ran for his life. Terrified, he then left his servant and…

Not impressed. While Ahab may have been impressed and in awe of all that Elijaha was doing, Ahab’s wife Jezebel was not. Read 1 Kings 19:1-2. Now Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me and even more, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.” 1 Kings 19:1‭-‬2 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/1ki.19.1-2.NASB Well, Jezebel wasn’t impressed with Elijah. In fact, she wanted to kill him. She let him know that she was going to…

Elijah, the sprinter. He gave Ahab the advice to get going and out run the storm. Then he takes his own advice and begins to out run the storm. However, Ahab had a chariot and Elijah didn’t. Read 1 Kings 18:45-46. In a little while the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy shower. And Ahab rode and went to Jezreel. Then the hand of the Lord was on Elijah, and he girded up his loins and outran Ahab to Jezreel. 1 Kings 18:45‭-‬46 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/1ki.18.45-46.NASB Elijah runs. And because God is with him, Elijah runs faster than Ahab’s chariot. If Ahab had any doubt…

It’s coming! After all this time, the expected rain is coming. Read 1 Kings 18:44. It came about at the seventh time, that he said, “Behold, a cloud as small as a man’s hand is coming up from the sea.” And he said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down, so that the heavy shower does not stop you.'” 1 Kings 18:44 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/1ki.18.44.NASB I wonder if the servant thought Elijah was crazy when he responded to him that way about such a little tiny cloud. I wonder if hr felt silly going to Ahab to deliver this message based solely on a cloud the size…

Persistance. Do we keep waiting on God until He does what He’s said He is going to do? Read 1 Kings 18:42-43. So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he crouched down on the earth and put his face between his knees. He said to his servant, “Go up now, look toward the sea.” So he went up and looked and said, “There is nothing.” And he said, “Go back” seven times. 1 Kings 18:42‭-‬43 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/1ki.18.42-43.NASB Ahab went off to do what Elijah told him to do and now Elijah goes up to the mountain to wait and…

“Will you listen to me now?” Elijah had been talking to ahab and talking to him and he hasn’t wanted to listen to anything that Elijah had had to say. Well, now Elijah had just won the challenge and killed all his false prophets. Will he listen now? Read 1 Kings 18:41. Now Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of the roar of a heavy shower.” 1 Kings 18:41 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/1ki.18.41.NASB After 3 years of no rain, Elijah tells him that there will be rain. In fact, he tells Ahab that he should get ready for it and enjoy a feast. No…

Don’t let sin linger. We know things are wrong and too often we let it hang around. Not so with Elijah. Read 1 kings 18:40. Then Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal; do not let one of them escape.” So they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there. 1 Kings 18:40 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/1ki.18.40.NASB Remember all those prophets who were trying to get their god to bring down fire? Well since they failed, the people saw that they were not worshipping the true God. What did Elijah do? He didn’t let them hang around to try and lead people astray…

Proof. Well, the people needed proof that God is who he says he is, so they got it. Read 1 Kings 18:38-39. Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, “The Lord , He is God; the Lord , He is God.” 1 Kings 18:38‭-‬39 NASB https://bible.com/bible/100/1ki.18.38-39.NASB Even with all that water, the fire of God falls, the offering is burned up and the water is all completely gone. God has proven Himself…

Why do we want God to answer our prayers? Is it so we can just get what we want or are we interested in making sure that God gets what he desires as well? Elijah was thinking about threat when he prayed in 1 Kings 18:36-37. At the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet came near and said, “O Lord , the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, today let it be known that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and I have done all these things at Your word. Answer me, O Lord , answer me, that this people…