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Commentary
1 Kings 18
A Time of Revelation
If something is proven, to beyond doubt, even so that it is seen with your very own eyes, would you then believe? What if it happened to you, and not just that you witnessed, but also experienced? Would you then believe it? It is possible that the unbelief is not because of lack of evidence, but perhaps a lack of conviction or willingness. The Prophets of Baal did believe in their god as real. They accepted the challenge and even expected their god to deliver. Baal is not real, therefore there was no evidence, nor was there ever anything to experience that would be esteemed as truth.
After so long a time when famine was on the land for lack of rain, Elijah seen and believed. He seen rain when there was no rain. He acted upon it, though there was no evidence that it would come.
There is a contrast in this chapter that clearly establishes how we should approach the will of God and His reality, for ourselves and so that others may believe. We need to see it. We need to speak it. We need to act upon it. We will receive it. Awesome and mighty is our God, the God, not just a god. When we know that He is and that He will, and not just hope that He is and that He will, He will deliver.
What are you hoping for in your life? What are you believing for? What are you preparing for? What are you in a position to receive? Try to accept it as though it already is... as surely as the job you work, the house you live in, the air you breathe. Just do something. Faith without works is dead.
Monday, November 29, 2010 - 7:30 AM
