As we read those words and try to imagine the original setting, we begin to see the surprising nature of God’s plan. The most logical arrangement, seemingly, would be to keep Elijah in the king’s face.
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Alone in the Gap
We’re first introduced to him as ‘Elijah the Tishbite’ (1 Kings 17:1). Talk about stepping out of nowhere! Elijah came out of this insignificant place–out of nowhere–to make such a significant contribution to God’s plan . . .
Read MorePrinciples vs. Precepts
What an epitaph! Not, “I found David to be a great warrior,” or, “I found David to be a faithful shepherd,” or, “I found David to be a brilliant king”—none of those things. It says, “I found David to care about the things I care about.”
Read MoreInner Qualities
Taken from Great Days with the Great Lives by Charles Swindoll. Copyright © 2005 by Charles R. Swindoll. Used by permission of HarperCollins Christian Publishing. www.harpercollinschristian.com
Read MoreA Man of Integrity
God knew David had the quality of integrity. Today, we live in a world that says, in many ways, “If you make a good impression, that’s really all that matters.” But you will never be a man or woman of God if that’s your philosophy.
Read MoreThe Wilderness Cycle
Each of us has his or her own wilderness cycle. Some struggle with a quiver full of small children at home. Others have no children. Your test may not be related to the home at all; it may be connected to your employment.
Read MoreSing It Out!
After God drowned Pharaoh’s entire army in the sea, for the first time in history Israel found herself living in the Egyptian desert, out in the open, completely on her own. The Hebrews had begun their journey to the land of Canaan.
Read MoreA Major in Obscurity
The desert is a place of obscurity. Moses had to cope with being a nobody. All his adolescent and adult life, he had been a big-time somebody. The spotlight followed his every move.
Read MoreA Vertical Focus
I wonder what those ten men, those ten grown sons of Jacob, talked about during that journey from Canaan to Egypt. I have an idea that it might have been the same things we would have talked about had we been in their sandals.
Read MoreA Horizontal Viewpoint
When Jacob learned what had happened, the old gentleman shriveled in fear. Rather than saying, “Thank God, He is at work. Men, He loves us and watches over us. In His care we are all safe,” he responded negatively and horizontaIly.
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