Who was Elijah in the Bible?
Elijah’s single minded commitment to God shocks and challenges us. He was sent to confront, not comfort, and he spoke God’s words to a king who often rejected his message just because Elijah brought it. Elijah chose to carry out his ministry for God alone and paid for that decision by experiencing isolation from others who were also faithful to God.
It is interesting to think about the amazing miracles God accomplished through Elijah, but we would do well to focus on the relationship they shared. All that happened in Elijahs life began with the same miracle that is available to us, he responded to the miracle of being able to know God.
An example was when God worked an overwhelming miracle through Elijah in defeating the prophets of Baal (Satan), When Jezebel retaliated by threatening Elijah’s life. And Elijah ran. He felt afraid, depressed and abandoned. Despite God’s provision of food and shelter in the desert, Elijah wanted to die. So God presented Elijah with a visual message that he needed to hear. Elijah witnessed a windstorm, an earthquake and fire. But the Lord was not in any of those powerful things. Instead, God displayed His presence in a gentle whisper.
Elijah, like us, struggled with his feelings even after this comforting message from God. So God confronted Elijah’s emotions and commanded action. He told Elijah what to do next and informed him that part of his loneliness was based on ignorance: 7,000 others in Israel were still faithful to God.
Even today, God speaks through the gentle and obvious rather than the spectacular and unusual. God has work for us to do even when we feel fear and failure. And God always has more resources and people than we know about. Although we might wish to do amazing miracles for God, we should focus on developing a relationship with Him. The real miracle in Elijah’s life was his very personal relationship with God.
Do you have a personal relationship with God? Do you know God? Do you know Jesus?
Are you certain that you are going to heaven? If the answer is no or your not really sure and there is something stirring inside you at this very moment to do this, then all you have to do is say a small prayer and you can be assured of your name being added to the Book of Life. Go to the prayer of salvation and pray the words out loud and believe in your heart and you will be saved.
Elijah’s story is told in 1 Kings 17:1 – 2 Kings 2:11. He is also mentioned in 2 Chronicles 21:12 – 15; Malachi 4:5, 6; Matthew 11:14; 16:14; 17:3 – 13; 27:47 – 49; Luke 1:17; 4:25, 26; John 1:19 – 25; Romans 11:2 – 4 and James 5:17, 18.
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