When Elijah's Elegance Ended!
Elijah was afraid and ran for his life.
1 Kings 19:3
Folks! How did it happen?
What made the Mighty Prophet Flee on Feet of Fear?
Can You Imagine it? Can You Picture the Scenario?
It occurred only a few moments after a "great spectacle" of fire from heaven.
Within a short span, the strongest man in all Israel became a coward, fleeing by foot.
A Man who had brought fire from Heaven, was filled with fear of an evil woman.
Why didn't Elijah call out for "Fire" again?
Would not the "Heaven" respond?
Why didn't he call for a Challenge, like the earlier one?
Why didn't he even send a response to Jezebel?
What stopped him in doing so?
Was Jezebel a enemy beyond defeat in our LORD's Hands?
Yes! In Elijah's Eyes!
She stood above than the LORD Himself!
Are you a Prophet of God?
Have you achieved great feet in the LORD?
What will be your response in a situation like it?
Will you buckle or shackle?
Interestingly! What happened in those moments, both defined and revealed Elijah in his true prowess!
When he heard the "Oath" taken to destroy his life, he failed to see the One who holds all lives..
With Fear Gripping in,
Elijah flashed the "Memories of Murders" accomplished by Jezebel in her Plunder of the LORD's Prophets....
He remembered the merciless killings his counterparts endured at her hands..
With "FEAR" deeply convulsed and his heart and soul far from reach, he traveled by foot...
He ran like an illiterate, who had no knowledge about the "HOLY ONE"..
Will they believe it was the "Same" Prophet who brought the "Fire" from Heaven?
Elijah was depraved of his elegance!
His stature fell in his feeble belief! He acknowledged the weakness within!
He failed to exalt the "Mighty", when the opportune time arrived..
In doing so, he lost his Identity in our LORD.
Yet! In it all! Our LORD saved His Chosen!
HE lifted his heart and restored his call.
HE decreed a "Final Job" before his "Whirl Wind" Promotion to Heaven..
Our LORD saved Elijah and his name...
Here is a Lesson:
Elijah's Ministry Ended! Yes! but was it short?
Only the Heaven can answer! We can find it in eternity!
Our LIVES are determined by the "Weight-age" we place..
If our LORD is not the "Exalted" One, we shall end up like Elijah...
When Fear Fills, Faith Frowns!
Never let it happen!
Take a Leaf From Elijah's Life!
1 John 4:18
Shalom,
Samuel Machado