EXALTATION AND DEPRESSION 1 Kings 18:41; 1 Kings 19:1 When the priests had been executed, the quick ear of the prophet detected the hurrying rain-clouds. Note the contrast between Ahab and the prophet. The one ascended from the Kishon gorge to eat and drink in his pavilion until the darkened heave... [ Continue Reading ]
LEARNING HOW GOD WORKS 1 Kings 19:9 God knew how to treat His servant, resting beneath the juniper tree. He steeped his nature in refreshing sleep, fed his exhausted energies, caused angel-hands to minister to him, and finally conducted him across the desert to that sacred mountain where Moses in t... [ Continue Reading ]
APPOINTING JEHOVAH'S INSTRUMENTS 1 Kings 19:15 Elijah was never reinstated in quite the position that he had occupied before his fatal flight. True, he was bidden to return, and work was given him to do. But that work consisted in anointing three men who were to share the ministry which he might h... [ Continue Reading ]