The power of the Lord came on Elijah and, tucking his cloak into his belt, he ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.
1 Kings 18:46
The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to tread on the heights.
Habakkuk 3:19
1 Kings 18:46
The Sovereign Lord is my strength; he makes my feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to tread on the heights.
Habakkuk 3:19
In 1Kings 18, we read that Elijah was a very busy prophet!
Over the course of a couple days on Mt. Carmel he faces off against 450 false prophets of Ba'al. Then he goes to the top of the mountain, praying relentlessly until the downpour begins. This all sounds so exhausting, and he probably was.
But the scriptures tell us that the power of the Lord came on Elijah and in the middle of the downpour he ran the 17 miles to Jezreel, outrunning Ahab!
Standing on his chariot, as he grasped the reigns of his steeds, Ahab must've thought that he was really moving. Down the mountain pass, towards his home in Jezreel, he thundered...but then out of the corner of his eye he catches sight of something unbelievable, no-impossible! In my spirit I can see him wiping his eyes, wondering if his eyes playing tricks on him. Can you imagine the look on Ahab's face?
Elijah on foot, with his cloak tucked into his belt, blows past him, leaving him in the proverbial "dust".
Beloved, our own lives are often so busy, exhaustion and stress are so common in the world we live in. But don't ever forget or doubt, that the same spirit, the Holy Spirit, that raised Jesus from the dead, and supercharged Elijah is available to us!
Over the course of a couple days on Mt. Carmel he faces off against 450 false prophets of Ba'al. Then he goes to the top of the mountain, praying relentlessly until the downpour begins. This all sounds so exhausting, and he probably was.
But the scriptures tell us that the power of the Lord came on Elijah and in the middle of the downpour he ran the 17 miles to Jezreel, outrunning Ahab!
Standing on his chariot, as he grasped the reigns of his steeds, Ahab must've thought that he was really moving. Down the mountain pass, towards his home in Jezreel, he thundered...but then out of the corner of his eye he catches sight of something unbelievable, no-impossible! In my spirit I can see him wiping his eyes, wondering if his eyes playing tricks on him. Can you imagine the look on Ahab's face?
Elijah on foot, with his cloak tucked into his belt, blows past him, leaving him in the proverbial "dust".
Beloved, our own lives are often so busy, exhaustion and stress are so common in the world we live in. But don't ever forget or doubt, that the same spirit, the Holy Spirit, that raised Jesus from the dead, and supercharged Elijah is available to us!
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