ELIJAH/He Watched and He Waited

 It had been a bad day for Ahab and other Baal worshippers.  The pagan religion that Ahab and his wife, Queen Jezebel, championed in the ten-tribe kingdom of Israel had been dealt a severe blow. Baal had been exposed as a fraud. That lifeless god had failed to light a simple fire in response to the frantic pleas, dances, and ritual bloodletting of his prophets. Baal had failed to protect those  450 men from  their well-deserved execution. But the false god had failed in something else, and that failure was about to be made complete. For over three years, the Baal prophets had implored their god to end the drought afflicting the land, but Baal had been unable to do so.  Soon, Jehovah himself would demonstrate his supremacy by ending the drought. - 1 KINGS 16:30-17:1; 18:1-40. 

When, though, would Jehovah act?  How would Elijah conduct himself until then?  And what can we learn from this man of faith?  Let us see as we examine this account. - Read 1 KINGS 18:41-45

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