Are You There?
Steve Wagers
1 Kings 17:4, 1 Kings 17:9, 1 Kings 18:10
John Wesley thundered through England as a man on a mission. Near the end of his life he said, ''Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not a straw whether they be clergymen or laymen; such alone will shake the gates of hell and set up the kingdom of Heaven on earth.''
J. Sidlow Baxter writes of Elijah, ''He is one of the most remarkable figures in the whole story of Israel. His eminence is seen both in the religious reformation which he wrought, and in the fact that the New Testament speaks of him more often than of any other Old Testament prophet.''
Elijah: ''The Lord is my God!''
He is a NOBODY from NOWHERE, but God EQUIPS, ENABLES and EMPOWERS him in a supernatural way.
William Cowper, who penned those beloved words, ''There is a Fountain Filled with Blood,'' also scribed these words:
God moves in a mysterious way,
His wonders to perform;
He plants his footsteps in the sea,
And rides upon the storm.
Deep in unfathomable mines
Of never failing skill,
He treasures up his bright designs,
And works his sovereign will.
1) The STRANGE PLAN God UNVEILS
(3-4)
From out of nowhere, a Tishbite named Elijah shows up with one assignment: he is to inform Ahab and Jezebel of 3 things: God is displeased, Baal will be defeated, and the land will suffer a drought.
God told Elijah to get out of ''here'' (the palace) and go ''THERE'' (to the brook.) If he went ''there,'' he would find water (in a dry creek bed) ''there,'' and ravens would deliver his meals ''there.''
In other words, the blessing of God was ''THERE,'' not ''here.'' I'm sure to Elijah things looked far more promising ''here,'' but God said He would only provide ''THERE.''
Are you ''THERE?'' Where is ''there?''
''There'' is the place God has planned for you to be.
''There'' is the perfect, sovereign will of God for your life.
''There'' is ...
Steve Wagers
1 Kings 17:4, 1 Kings 17:9, 1 Kings 18:10
John Wesley thundered through England as a man on a mission. Near the end of his life he said, ''Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not a straw whether they be clergymen or laymen; such alone will shake the gates of hell and set up the kingdom of Heaven on earth.''
J. Sidlow Baxter writes of Elijah, ''He is one of the most remarkable figures in the whole story of Israel. His eminence is seen both in the religious reformation which he wrought, and in the fact that the New Testament speaks of him more often than of any other Old Testament prophet.''
Elijah: ''The Lord is my God!''
He is a NOBODY from NOWHERE, but God EQUIPS, ENABLES and EMPOWERS him in a supernatural way.
William Cowper, who penned those beloved words, ''There is a Fountain Filled with Blood,'' also scribed these words:
God moves in a mysterious way,
His wonders to perform;
He plants his footsteps in the sea,
And rides upon the storm.
Deep in unfathomable mines
Of never failing skill,
He treasures up his bright designs,
And works his sovereign will.
1) The STRANGE PLAN God UNVEILS
(3-4)
From out of nowhere, a Tishbite named Elijah shows up with one assignment: he is to inform Ahab and Jezebel of 3 things: God is displeased, Baal will be defeated, and the land will suffer a drought.
God told Elijah to get out of ''here'' (the palace) and go ''THERE'' (to the brook.) If he went ''there,'' he would find water (in a dry creek bed) ''there,'' and ravens would deliver his meals ''there.''
In other words, the blessing of God was ''THERE,'' not ''here.'' I'm sure to Elijah things looked far more promising ''here,'' but God said He would only provide ''THERE.''
Are you ''THERE?'' Where is ''there?''
''There'' is the place God has planned for you to be.
''There'' is the perfect, sovereign will of God for your life.
''There'' is ...
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