Pastor Bell's Words To Live By

One of Elijah’s most noted act was his challenge of the prophets of Baal and the King of Israel who sought their advice to a show down on Mount Carmel. After predicting a drought Elijah’s confidence and relationship with God was such that every word he uttered God honoured it.  It was during the drought that the Lord sent him to live with a widow in Zarephath who would take care of him and look after his needs for the three years of the drought. Amazingly, whilst the prophet Elijah was in the house of the widow the Lord blessed and prospered her. The blessing of the Lord operates by association. As you associate with those who are blessed, you will also be blessed. When Elijah the man God arrived in the widow’s home, she had nothing except a jar of meal, and a jug of oil. During the three years he lived there, neither the cornmeal nor the oil ran out. Also, miracles just kept on happening in her home. At one stage her son died and Elijah charge God with this death 17v.20. The Lord put it in his spirit of lay on the boy three times and call back his spirit from the other realm. The spirit of the boy came back into his body and the boy was presented alive to his mother.

Today if we want to see miracles, signs and wonders wrought by God through us, we need to emulate Elijah. As we spend time in God’s presence we will hear him speaking directly to us. If we are to challenge the demonically controlled systems we face on a day to day basis, we need the insight of Elijah and the wisdom of the Lord Jesus to guide and direct us. Let us become the prophetic voice for our generation. These are indeed the days of Elijah, a time to declare the word of the Lord! Read 1Kings 18:1-40.