![]() Elijah goes into a cave and spent the night there. God brings Elijah back to the place where the covenant had been give, the place where his personal faith would also be nourished. So Elijah gets up and eats and the Bible tells us that he went on the strength of that food for 40 days and 40 nights all the way to the mountain of God. God sends he angel again with the same message. The ate and then laid down and went back to sleep. When he wakes up he finds a cake baked on coals and a jar of water. As Elijah slept under the broom tree, God sends and angel who tells Elijah to get up and eat. But God miraculously provides for Elijah. He demonstrates apathy, emotional distancing, a cynical attitude and a desire to escape from it all. In this moment, Elijah is physically and emotionally exhausted and as a result his faith crumbles. He goes out to the wilderness and sits down under a broom tree and asks God to let him die. Elijah allows his fear to take over and he forgets the powerful display of God’s might with the sacrifice and he runs and hides. When Queen Jezebel heard about it, she sent a messenger to Elijah to let him know she planed to have him killed by the next evening. He then rounded up all the prophets of Baal and executed them. For us today, He speaks through the still small voice of the Holy Spirit’s promptings within us.įor Elijah, He had just had the mountain top experience of God sending fire to consume a water-soaked sacrifice, proving to all of Israel that He is God and Baal is nothing. To Mary and Joseph, he sent an angel to deliver a message. He spoke to several people through dreams. He spoke to Moses through a burning bush. In the Garden of Eden, He met Adam and Eve in the cool of the day. God chooses to reveal Himself however He chooses to. ![]() Mission, Core Values, & Statement of Faith.What can we learn from Israel and Judah?.Renewing Church Leaders to Bring Revival to America.Redeeming Christian Marriage to bring Revival to America. ![]()
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