1 Kings 17:1-7 (KJV)
1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD
God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
2 And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
3 Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
4 And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
5 So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
6 And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.
7 And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
THE WORD OF GOD FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD
VERY BRIEFLY IF I COULD GET A BAPTIST AMEN A METHODIST NOD AND A SANTIFIED CHURCH HALLEJUAH
I WANT TO REASON WITH ON THE THOUGHT
(HOW TO GET THROUGH OUR CIRCUMSTANCES )
MY BROTHERS AND MY SISTERS
LIFE IS FULL OF CIRCUMSTANCES
AND IF THE TRUTH BE TOLD
IT`S SOMEONE HERE THIS MORNING /EVENING
WHO IS EITHER GOING IN OR IN THE MIDIST OF A TRYING AND DIFFICULT TIMES
YOUR HAVING STRUGGLES AND HEARTACHES
THAT YOU THOUGHT YOU WOULD NEVER HAVE TO DEAL WITH
AND IT SEEMS LIKE THINGS ARE NOT GOING TO GET ANY BETTER
BECAUSE YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES
LOOKS UNSURMOUNTABLE AND IT SEEMS LIKE THEY ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE SOON
BUT I STOP BY ________________ THIS MORING/EVENING TO ENCOURAGE YOU
THAT WITH GOD WE CAN GET THROUGH OUR CIRCUMSTANCES
BECAUSE IN THE TEXT BEFORE US
ELIJAH REVEALS TO US HOW GOD BLESS HIM TO GET THROUGH HIS CIRCUMSTANCES
EVEN WHEN YOU GO TO THE BOOK OF JAMES
JAMES 5:17 SAYS THAT ELIJAH WAS A MAN OF LIKE PASSION AS WE ARE
AND JUST LIKE THE LORD WALK HIM THROUGH HIS CIRCUMSTANCES
HE IS STILL ABLE TO WALK US THROUGH OUR CIRCUMSTANCES
BECAUSE THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS THAT YOU DON`T HAVE TO GO LOOKING FOR A CIRCUMSTANCE
BECAUSE CIRCUMSTANCES WILL COME FIND YOU
AIN`T IT AMAZING HOW CIRCUMSTANCES WILL RIDE DOWN YOUR STREET
BACK UP IN YOUR DRIVEWAY AND WALK RIGHT INTO YOUR HOUSE WITHOUT KNOCKING
YOU DON`T HAVE TO GO LOOKING FOR A CIRCUMSTANCE
BECAUSE CIRCUMSTANCES WILL COME FIND YOU
AND THEY HAVE AWAY OF SHOWING UP IN OUR LIVES UNINVITED
IN OTHER WORDS
IT SEEMS LIKE CIRCUMSTANCES KNOWS OUR CELL PHONE NUMBER
AS WELL OUR ADDRESS
AND IT`S NOTHING WE CAN DO TO DISGUISE OR HIDE OURSELVES FROM THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF LIFE
IT DON`T MATTER HOW MUCH WEAVE YOU PUT ON
IT MATTER HOW LONG OR SHORT YOU WEAR YOUR EYE LASHES
BROTHERS IT DOSE`NT MATTER HOW MANY TATTOO`S YOU MAY
IT`S NOTHING WE CAN DO TO HIDE OR DISGUISE OURSELVES
FROM THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF LIFE
AND OFTEN TIMES WHEN THEY SHOW UP
WE FIND OURSELVES FRUSTATED ----BITTER ---
AND IN A DESPARATE SITUATION
BECAUSE OF OUR CIRCUMSTANCES
-BUT WITH THE HELP OF THE LORD WE CAN MAKE IT THROUGH OUR CIRCUMSTANCES
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IN THE TEXT—IN THE TEXT BEFORE US
THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL ARE GUILTY OF IDOLTARY
THEY HAVE STRAYED AWAY FROM GOD
AND BOWED THERE KNEES TO AN IDOL GOD NAME BAAL
AHAB WHO WAS KING OF ISRAEL
MARRIED THE DAUGHTER OF ETH-BAAL WHOSE NAME WAS JEZEBEL
FOR JEZEBEL WAS A PROMOTER OF THE WORSHIP OF AN IDOL god NAME BAAL
BAAL WAS SUPPOSE TO BE A GOD OF FERTILITY
WHO WOULD BRING RAIN AND KEEP IT IN THE LAND
BUT GOD SHOWS ISRAEL IN THE TEXT
THAT SINCE THEY THINK THAT BAAL CAN KEEP RAIN IN THE LAND
THAT HE IS GOING TO SHUT OFF THE RAIN
AND THE TEXT REVEALS THAT GOD DID FOR 3 ½ YEARS
YOU SEE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
IT WAS WHILE AHAB WAS SITTING ON THE THRONE ISRAEL
GOD SENT A PROPHET NAME ELIJAH
ELIJAH SHOWS UP AND PREACH A 25 WORD SERMON TO AHAB
FOR HE SAYS TO AHAB
, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
AND THEN TURN AND LEFT WITHOUT GIVING THE BENEDICTION
THEN THE LORD TOLD ELIJAH TO TURN EASTWARD
AND GO AND HIDE YOURSELF BY A BROOK CALLED CHERITH
JUST BEFORE THE JORDAN RIVER
AND THERE YOU WILL DRINK FROM THE BROOK
AND BECOME THE 1ST PARTICIPANT IN GOD`S MEAL ON WINGS PROGRAM
FOR I HAVE COMMANDED THE RAVENS
TO BRING YOU BREAD AND MEAT IN THE MORNING
AND BREAD AND MEAT IN THE EVENING
AND THE RECORD REVEALS THAT ELIJAH WENT EASTWARD TO A BROOK CALL CHERITH
AND GOD HELP HIM THROUGH HIS CIRCUMSTANCE
FOR THIS TEXT BEFORE US IS TAILORED TO TEACH US
THAT WE CAN COUNT ON GOD TO HELP US THROUGH OUR CIRCUMSTANCES
IN OTHER WORDS WE DON`T HAVE TO FACE OUR CIRCUMSTANCES ALONE
BUT WE SERVE A GOD WHO WILL WALK US THROUGH OUR CIRCUMSTANCES
BECAUSE EVEN WHEN YOU EXAMINE THE LIFE OF ELIJAH
EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE HE EVERY FACE THE LORD WALK HIM THROUGH IT
IN THE TEXT THE LORD WALKS HIM THROUGH THE BROOK SITUATION
HE WALKS HIM THROUGH THE ZAREAPHAT SITUATION
HE WALK HIM THROUGH THE MT CARMEL SITUATION
THE JUNIPER TREE SITUATION
EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE ELIJAH FACE
GOD WAS THERE TO WALK HIM THROUGH
AND THAT’S A WORD FOR SOMEONE
BECAUSE GOD KNOWS WHAT YOU ARE DEALING WITH
AND GOD IS WILLING AND READY TO WALK YOU THROUGH YOUR CIRCUMSTANCE
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WELL THERE A SEVERAL THINGS IN THE TEXT
THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM ELIJAH
WHAT WE MUST DO TO BE ASSURED THAT GOD WILL WALK US THROUGH OUR CIRCUMSTANCES
WELL THE 1ST THING ELIJAH TELLS US IS THAT WE HAVE TO LIVE FOR GOD
YOU SEE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS
ELIJAH WAS DEVOTED TO GOD
EVEN THOUGH THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HAD STRAYED AWAY FROM GOD
ELIJAH WAS STILL DEVOTED GOD
AND IF WE WANT GOD TO WALK US THROUGH OUR CIRCUMSTANCES
WE HAVE TO LIVE AND STAY DEVOTED TO GOD
IN OTHER WORDS
REGARDLESS TO WHAT THE WORLD IS DOING
WE HAVE TO STAY STUCK ----GLUED AND COMMITTED TO GOD
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WELL NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE
TO LIVE FOR GOD
BUT THE TEXT ALSO REVEALS THAT WE HAVE TO LISTEN TO AND OBEY GOD
NOTICE ---NOTICE –NOTICE
AFTER ELIJAH PREACH HIS 25 WORD SERMON TO AHAB
THE BIBLE SAYS HE TURNS AND LEAVE
AND THE LORD TOLD HIM TO GO EASTWARD TO A BROOK CALL CHERITH
AND ELIJAH LISTEN AND OBEYED GOD
AND ONE OF THE REASON MANY OF US CAN`T
EXPERIENCE GOD WALKING US THROUGH OUR CIRCUMSTANCES IS
BECAUSE WE FAIL TO LISTEN AND OBEY GOD
BUT IF WE WANT GOD TO WALK US THROUGH OUR CIRCUMSTANCES
WE HAVE TO LISTEN AND OBEY GOD
YOU SEE IT AMAZES ME
THAT WHEN WE FIND OURSELVES IN TROUBLE
WE WANT GOD TO LISTEN TO US
BUT AS SOON AS WE GET THROUGH TALKING TO GOD IN PRAYER
WE GET UP AND GO OUR MERRY WAY
INSTEAD OF STAYING THERE LISTENING TO GOD
BUT IF WE WANT GOD TO WALK US THROUGH OUR CIRCUMSTANCES
WE HAVE TO LISTEN AND OBEY GOD
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WELL NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE TO LIVE FOR GOD AND LISTEN AND OBEY GOD
BUT THE TEXT ALSO REVEALS THAT WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO LOOK UNTO THE LORD
BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOK UNTO THE LORD
HE WILL GIVES US ALL THE PROTECTION THAT WE NEED AT OUR THERE
NOTICE ---NOTICE ---NOTICE
GOD TOLD ELIJAH TO GO TO A BROOK CALL CHERITH
I HAVE COMMANDED THE RAVENS TO FEED YOU THERE
AND IT`S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT GOD KNOWS WHERE TO PUT YOU TO PROTECT YOU
YOU SEE ELIJAH PROTECTION WAS AT THE BROOK
AND THE BEST PROTECTION WE CAN EVER HAVE COMES FROM THE LORD
BUT NOT ONLY DID ELIJAH HAVE PROTECTION AT THE BROOK
BUT THE TEXT REVEALS THAT HE HAD PROVISION AND PREPARATION
THAT HE NEEDED FOR THE TASK GOD HAD FOR HIM
BECAUSE THERE AT OUR BROOK GOD DEVELOPS US
FOR THE NEXT CIRCUMSTANCE THAT COMING OUR WAY
BECAUSE IN ORDER TO FACE OUR MT CARMELS
GOD HAS TO DEVELOP US AT OUR BROOK
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BECAUSE OUR BROOKS TEACH US HOW TO KEEP OUR FOCUS ON GOD
OUR BROOKS TEACH US
THAT GOD WILL SUPPLY ALL OF OUR NEEDS ACCORDING TO HIS RICHES IN GLORY
AND THAT GOD WILL MEET US AT OUR THERE
BUT IN ORDER TO GET TO OUR THERE
WE HAVE TO LIVE FOR GOD
LISTEN TO AND OBEY GOD
AS WELL CONTINUE TO LOOK UNTO GOD
BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO LEAN ON GOD IN PRAYER
