Oh Yuk! What happened to Solomon's warning from yesterday's reading? Why would it be "a light thing" for Ahab to go so out of his way to anger and provoke the Lord? Starting right off with the first commandment? No other God's; no, that wouldn't apply to Ahab, would it? He did his own thing at the expense of his own children. That is just not good.
Poor Elijah. Now he gets to be the one to go and tell this king what God has to say. Famine in the land. Obedience, faith and the gift of new life against odds. Elijah stays with the widow and her son, and the Lord watches over them.
And Elijah said, "See, your son lives." And the woman said to Elijah, "Now I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is truth."
Now I know that you are a man of God, and the Word of the Lord in your mouth is true...
Now I think, poor Obadiah. Here he is barely keeping his own skin, and Elijah says -go tell Ahab Elijah is here. Nope. Not me-not going-you go. Oh ok I will if I must. Obadiah does tell Ahab and Elijah is there waiting for Ahab. What does Ahab say? Oh you troubler of Israel-and Elijah returns nope not me-but you. You Ahab have forsaken the commandments of the Lord.
So go get those prophets of Baal and lets see whose God is real-eh? Wow. This is sad-and funny. The Lord is faithful when Elijah is faithful. What will happen next to Ahab? What will happen to Israel? I remember what the Lord said to Solomon-it seems like yesterday-and what Ahab has done was not according to God's plan or in fulfillment of Solomon's promises. I'm afraid that it is too soon forgotten. Do we do this still? Yes.
See you tomorrow.
-maggie
Now I know that you are a man of God, and the Word of the Lord in your mouth is true...
Now I think, poor Obadiah. Here he is barely keeping his own skin, and Elijah says -go tell Ahab Elijah is here. Nope. Not me-not going-you go. Oh ok I will if I must. Obadiah does tell Ahab and Elijah is there waiting for Ahab. What does Ahab say? Oh you troubler of Israel-and Elijah returns nope not me-but you. You Ahab have forsaken the commandments of the Lord.
So go get those prophets of Baal and lets see whose God is real-eh? Wow. This is sad-and funny. The Lord is faithful when Elijah is faithful. What will happen next to Ahab? What will happen to Israel? I remember what the Lord said to Solomon-it seems like yesterday-and what Ahab has done was not according to God's plan or in fulfillment of Solomon's promises. I'm afraid that it is too soon forgotten. Do we do this still? Yes.
See you tomorrow.
-maggie
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