Filed under: 1 kings, ahab, baal, elijah, elisha, god, hazael, jehu, jezebel
1. Imagine going home to tell your wife what happened on the top of Mt. Carmel, knowing full-well that Jezebel is a big-time Baal-worshipper. Shoot, she’s the one who got Ahab into him.
2. Elijah just put on an amazing show of God’s power. Shoot, he talked smack that would have put Shaq to shame, too. So, isn’t it amazing how scared he is of Jezebel now that “reality” is starting to sink in about the potential consequences of his actions?
3. Dude wanted to die. To die? This is hard to understand. Have you ever been worn out to this point, where you felt like if God decided to take you then and there that you’d be fine with that option?
4. God brought him an angel when he was down. The angel fed him. Fed him so much that it fueled a 40-day journey.
5. Elijah felt lonely, like he was the only one. But, God came to him.
6. Wind, earthquake, fire…no. A whisper, that’s where God chose to make Himself known to Elijah. Why do you think He chose a whisper?
7. Elijah covered himself up after the whisper. Why?
8. God basically tell Elijah that He’s going to clean house through more players, so he won’t be alone: Hazael will be king of Syria, Jehu king of Israel, and Elisha a new prophet. And, with this dynamic in place, all of the Baal worshippers will be vanquished.
9. Elisha is covered with Elijah’s cloak (a sign of a passing of responsibility). Then Elisha takes his former life and sacrifices it to God. Sounds kind of what Christ-followers need to do.
