Living Expectantly

Do you live expectantly? Do the little things excite you? Do you imagine the improbable and expect the impossible? Life is full and running over with opportunities to see God’s hand in little things.

Invincible

God answered Elijah’s prayer. This not only brought fire, but far more importantly, it turned the hearts of the people back to God. It also rid the land of the prophets of Baal.

Prayer of Faith

Isn’t it amazing how often people try everything but prayer? It’s like the old saying: “When everything else fails, read the instructions.” The same with prayer. When everything else fails, try prayer. “Okay, okay . . . maybe we should pray about it.”

Divided Allegiance

Divided allegiance is as wrong as open idolatry. “How long will you hesitate between two opinions?” Elijah asks the people of Israel. The easiest thing to do when you are outnumbered or overwhelmed is to remain in that mediocre state of noncommitment.

No Doubt

In the first verse in 1 Kings 18, there is an eloquent phrase: “The word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year.” Three years! That’s an incredibly long time to go without rain. We can’t imagine it, can we?

The God of Impossibilities

All over this world, around us every day, are people who are looking for the truth to be lived out in the lives of those who claim it. Just as the widow watched Elijah, there are people watching you.

Faith Personified

When the woman saw that her son was alive, she didn’t see Elijah. She saw the Lord. “Elijah, I’ve heard you talk about the God of heaven. I’ve heard you refer to Him in various ways. But now, when I look at this miracle, I know that you speak the truth.”

A Humble Servant

No words can describe what happened in that little upstairs bedroom when the corpse began to stir and Elijah saw life returning to the boy’s body. No words can describe being in the midst of such a trial . . .

All Your Heart

That was some prayer. Elijah was not able to say, “Let this child’s life return to him, as it happened to Enoch, as it happened to Isaac, as it happened to Moses,” because there was no precedence for this particular miracle.

Alone with God

Now wait a minute. What is going on here? Up to this point in Scripture, there has been no account of anyone ever being raised from the dead. The closest to that would be Enoch, but he was not resurrected or resuscitated.