Elijah’s Path lead to Obadiah
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Reading – 1 Kings 18v5-8. God providentially ordered the path of Elijah and Obadiah to meet for the furtherance of the gospel. This was no mistake but a divine appointment from God. God brings people into our paths, lives not by mistake but to share the gospel of saving grace and to show how to live the Christian life in obeying God.
Released on 10 Oct 2023
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Elijah’s pronouncement to Obadiah
Reading – 1 Kings 18v5-8. Elijah instructed Obadiah to return to the Palace and pronounced to King Ahab that Elijah is here. By Obadiah obeying the word of the prophet he served God. Likewise believer when we obey the word of God as preached by the word we also are serving God.
Elijah’s promise to Ahab
Reading – 1 Kings 18v15-16. Elijah promised Obadiah that he would meet King Ahab. Elijah made such a promise because he didn’t go in his own strength but rather the Lord of Hosts, who is the Lord Jesus Christ the captain of His people. There is victory through Jesus Christ. Believer as we serve God we have a promise, we don’t serve alone, the army of heaven goes with us and there is victory through the Lord Jesus Christ the captain of Salvation.
The Accusation against Elijah
Reading – 1 Kings 18v15-16. When the prophet Eljah met King Ahab, the King accused God’s servant of troubling the nation, and so it is Christian as we spread the gospel message, the servants of God come under accusation for troubling the nation with the message of saving grace and redeeming blood in Christ alone.