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Trepidation Is Not A Dinosaur
Contributed by Jeremy Houck on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: Truly we live in a time that is frantic with fear. Being cautious will allow us to work in God’s Kingdom while living in fear will cause the Kingdom to shut down.
So in chapter 19 he goes into God’s witness protection program, and gets a new lease on Life. God allows him to rest and be refreshed. God shows Elijah His presence in the peace and then God takes care of his fear. Look at 1 Kings 19: 15-17
And the LORD said to him, “Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus. And when you arrive, you shall anoint Hazael to be king over Syria. And Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint to be king over Israel, and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint to be prophet in your place. And the one who escapes from the sword of Hazael shall Jehu put to death, and the one who escapes from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha put to death.
God cured Elijah’s fears by giving him a job to do in the kingdom. My Paw used to say “Frogs only croak in stagnant water.” How true that is. When we waste time sitting around and talking about our fears they multiply. If we want to defeat our fears then we must engage in the work of the church and live one day at the time.
Finally we can defeat our fears when we learn to Pray.
We discussed earlier that it was because of fear, Peter denied the Lord. But if you will flip a few pages in your Bible to the 2nd Chapter of Acts you will read one of the most powerful sermons ever preached. The shocking part is that the same man who denied Christ with cursings is the same man who boldly speaks in His name. Do you know what made the difference?
I believe the answer is found in Acts 1:13-14. And when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were staying, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of James. All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.
The difference was that he had spent some time in the upper room where prayer was made.
Invitation:
Today we have that same opportunity. What fear has invaded your heart today? Let us pray with you.
