God’s royal reservists. I Kings 19:1-18

God’s royal reservists. I Kings 19:1-18

Do you think you are alone in the Christian worship? Do you think you are alone in the family? Do you think you are alone in your church? Do you think you are alone in your country? Elijah thought like that at a time. He even told God he was alone and that those who did not believe in his God were trying to eliminate him. He was surprised to hear that not only was he not alone but that the number of other people worshipping God at that critical moment were seven thousand.

1Kings 19:17 And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay. 18 Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.

You might not be the only true passionate Christian. You might even be just one out of one billion. Where one person thinks and says he or she will not worship God, millions, multitude, uncountable number of people are doing it already everywhere, every day with their holy hands lifted.

1Timothy 2:8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

Revelation 7:9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; 10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. 11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, 12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.

　

I think pressure, persecution and moments of discouragement made Elijah voice out his seeming loneliness and even prayed to die. God nevertheless showed his absolute goodness by encouraging Elijah. He sent an angel to feed him twice. He made the angel speak to him kindly and even allowed him to sleep and have a rest. He told him there is still a lot to do for God. Wherever you are and whatever you think, there is still a lot to do for God. He will encourage you and come through to you. He understands human situation very perfectly.

1Co 10:13

Hebrews 2:18 For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.

Hebrews 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

Isaiah 40:28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. 29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. 30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: 31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

God directed Elijah to Horeb the mount of God. May be you also need to go to Horeb and meet with God. To Elijah, Horeb is a place of meeting with God. Have ever encountered God anywhere before? In a church, a fellowship, in the campus, on the mission or evangelism field? You might need the place again. A point or place of contact and divine encounter. Every person is likely to have one. Moses had one. Abraham had his own. Jacob was sent back to Bethel. David remembered the water of Bethlehem. Saul of Tarsus cannot forget the road to Damascus.

If Elijah look back today to the episode under review, he would say volumes about how to tackle discouragement and depression. And by the power that is behind this word of God, I destroy discouragement and depression in your life today in the name of Jesus Christ. One thing very glaring is that if you are tired of seeing your shadow, then you need to turn around and face the sun.

Another one is that you need company. You need people, fellowship of like minds. Do you have such group? Or have you left them behind like Elijah did?

Hebrews 10:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

By the way have you enlisted in Gods royal reservists? Not too late. All you need to do is ask Jesus to come into your heart. Ask him to teach you how to be faithful to him as his royal reservist. Now is the best time to do this.

Hebrews 3:7

God bless you

Shall we pray?

　

Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, 8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: 9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years. 10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. 11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.) 12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. 13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end; 15 While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

　

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

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