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Today's Devotion:
"When Life Seems To FALL APART"
HI!
Bill & John met for lunch on the first day of school.
Bill said, “Last night I dreamed we took a vacation
and went to Six Flags.”
John said, “Well,. last night I dreamed we took a
vacation and went to Disney World. We rode all the
rides, got ice-cream, and saw Minnie and Mickey.”
Bill said, “Wow! Why didn’t you call me!”
John said, “I did. But your Mom said you had gone
to Six Flags!”
_______SCRIPTURE____________
1 Kings 19:1-4
1 And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done,
and withal how he had slain all the prophets with
the sword.
2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah,
saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also,
if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by
to morrow about this time.
3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for
his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongeth
to Judah, and left his servant there.
4 But he himself went a day's journey into the
wilderness, and came and sat down under a
juniper tree: and he requested for himself that
he might die; and said, It is enough; now,
O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better
than my fathers.
KJV
_______THOUGHT______________
What do you do when your technicolor dreams
turn to black and white?
The Scripture above is only a short excerpt,
but it shows the difficulty of living a life of faith.
Elijah had been the most influential prophet in
that era.
He had followed God's will faithfully.
Once he announced publicly there would be
NO RAIN until he said so.
After that, he went to the "brook Cherith" to
wait. (1Kings 17:5)
There, God fed him.
But then, the brook DRIED up!
Eilijah continued to be faithful.
God provided him a place to stay in Zarepath.
(1King 17:9)
There, Elijah performed the first recorded
mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
(1Kings 17:18-22)
Then, upon God's Word, Elijah returned to
Israel and met with 850 prophets of baal on
Mt. Carmel.
Elijah challenged them to call upon their gods
to send fire and consume a sacrifice.
They called for HOURS, but nothing happened.
Elijah prayed ONCE and God sent FIRE to
burn the sacrifice. (1Kings 18:37-38)
Elijah had lived a "technicolor dream!"
BUT.....the next day, King Ahab's wife
Jezebel, sent Elijah a note saying she would
KILL HIM!! (1Kings 19:2 above)
The faithful follower of God felt his life was
in shambles!!
His technicolor dream turned to black and
white.
He went into the wilderness, and said to God,
"It is ENOUGH, take my life." (1Kings 19:4)
BUT......When Elijah was GIVING UP;
God SHOWED UP!
When your faith leads you to the point where
it seems USELESS, become USEFUL!
Pray believing!
Pray GENUINELY in truth of your feelings!
God WILL "show up!"
Love ya!
Bro. Bruce