The little lesson book states that Elijah walked into Ahab’s office and told him there would be no rain nor dew until the Lord chose to send it.
But the Bible says that the prophet told the king, “There shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to MY word” (1 Kings 17:1). Several translations agree.
It’s no big deal, but the Hebrew says “my word.” And in the New Testament, James agrees. He tells how the famine was Elijah’s idea: Elijah “prayed most earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months” ( 5:17). Elijah loved Israel and saw they were going down to utter destruction unless something should happen to wake them up. His love for Israel was actually a love for the plan of redemption, for God had chosen Israel to be His missionary nation to the world. Elijah’s love for Israel was the same kind as God’s love for them—a love mixed with discipline. It seems that God had entrusted the fate of the nation in Elijah’s hands.
The lesson for us is that again in the close of time God entrusts into His people’s hands in partnership with Him the bringing to a close the great controversy that has raged so long:
“To the one who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, even as I also overcame and am set down with My Father on His throne” (Rev. 3:21). That’s not just for snapshots to be taken; that’s to share with Him executive authority for bringing an end to the great controversy that has raged for so long. There will be thousands of “Elijah’s” all around the world (cf. Mal. 4:5, 6; maybe 144k?), whose hearts have at last become totally reconciled (at-one-with) Him in His ministry and in His plan of salvation.
Respect yourself as He respects you; you’re somebody important! You have something to live for.
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