When You Run Dry (4 of 4)
Series: When You Run Dry
Craig Smith
1 Kings 19:1-2
I. Introduction
Well, this weekend we’re wrapping up our series on the life of the prophet Elijah and today I want to talk to you about when the river in you runs dry. Over the last few weeks, we’ve talked about why the rivers around us run dry and what to do when the rivers around us run dry...but today we’re going to talk about when the river in us runs dry.
If you want to follow along, we’re going to be in 1 Kings 19 today. 1 Kings 19. If you’re just joining us, let me get you caught up real quick: for the last three years, the nation of Israel - God’s people) have been living through a severe drought. And the reason there was a drought was because they had turned away from the worship of the true God in favor of worshipping a false, Canaanite god named Baal. Now Baal was supposed to be the lord of the dew and rain, so God sent the prophet Elijah to King Ahab and Queen Jezebel, who were the ones who led the Israelites to worship Baal, to say there wasn’t going to be any dew or rain until the people remembered the true source of their supply. And last week, we kind of got to the climax of that story and there was a big showdown between Elijah and the prophets of Baal and at the end of that showdown the people turned back to God and God sent rain on the land. So for the first time in three years, the rivers aren’t dry. But not everyone is happy about that.
II. Main Body
Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2 So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, ‘‘May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.’’ (1Ki 19:1-2)
So she’s ticked because her god, Baal, and her prophets were revealed as frauds. But instead of turning to the true God, she turned on his prophet, Elijah. Now how does Elijah respond?
Elijah was afraid a ...
Series: When You Run Dry
Craig Smith
1 Kings 19:1-2
I. Introduction
Well, this weekend we’re wrapping up our series on the life of the prophet Elijah and today I want to talk to you about when the river in you runs dry. Over the last few weeks, we’ve talked about why the rivers around us run dry and what to do when the rivers around us run dry...but today we’re going to talk about when the river in us runs dry.
If you want to follow along, we’re going to be in 1 Kings 19 today. 1 Kings 19. If you’re just joining us, let me get you caught up real quick: for the last three years, the nation of Israel - God’s people) have been living through a severe drought. And the reason there was a drought was because they had turned away from the worship of the true God in favor of worshipping a false, Canaanite god named Baal. Now Baal was supposed to be the lord of the dew and rain, so God sent the prophet Elijah to King Ahab and Queen Jezebel, who were the ones who led the Israelites to worship Baal, to say there wasn’t going to be any dew or rain until the people remembered the true source of their supply. And last week, we kind of got to the climax of that story and there was a big showdown between Elijah and the prophets of Baal and at the end of that showdown the people turned back to God and God sent rain on the land. So for the first time in three years, the rivers aren’t dry. But not everyone is happy about that.
II. Main Body
Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2 So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, ‘‘May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.’’ (1Ki 19:1-2)
So she’s ticked because her god, Baal, and her prophets were revealed as frauds. But instead of turning to the true God, she turned on his prophet, Elijah. Now how does Elijah respond?
Elijah was afraid a ...
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