Pastor Bell's Words To Live By

Elijah the Prophet of the Lord burst on the scene at the time when the people of God were doing their own thing and worshipping other gods. At this point in their history they had kings like other nations, lived in their own houses and were materially very comfortable. Contrary to the laws of God as given to Moses, they inter-married and rather than leading their partners to live for Yahweh they embraced their gods. This situation is rather like that in Britain today. Rather than lifting up the name of Jesus the saviour of the world, we are embarking on the notion of a multi-faith nation to appease those who serve other gods and have great wealth. The challenge for Elijah was this: King Ahab was completely under the spell of his queen Jezebel and she was an ardent worshipper of Baal, the god of food, fertility, rain and so on. So moved by the Holy Spirit, Elijah spoke the prophetic word to Ahab, that until he commanded the rain to come there would be a drought in the land.  This was a direct challenge to his new god who was supposed to be the god of rain. Elijah was able to speak the words of Yahweh to Ahab because he spent time hearing from God and time in His presence. As we will see, Elijah will face many challenges, but his ability to speak what he has heard allowed him to perform many mighty deeds in the name of the one true God, Yahweh. Today, although we live in a multi-cultural, multi-faith society, let us listen to the voice of our God so that we can speak to those in power to turn this country back towards the creator of the universe, Jesus the saviour of humanity. We need the prophets of the Lord to arise for such a time as this. Read 1Kings 17:1-7.