HE PRAYED EARNESTLY ...
From Streams in the Desert Devotional
"Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly." James 5:17
"Thank God Elijah was just like us! He sat under a tree, complained to God, and express his unbelief - just as we have often done. Yet this was not the case at all when was truly in touch with God. 'Elijah was a man just like us,' YET 'he prayed earnestly.' The literal meaning of this in the Greek is magnificent: instead of saying, 'earnestly,' it says, 'He prayed in prayer.' In other words, 'HE KEPT ON PRAYING.' The lesson here is that we must KEEP PRAYING.
Climb to the top of Mount Carmel and see the great story of FAITH AND SIGHT. After Elijah had called down fire from heaven to defeat the prophets of Baal, rain was needed for God's prophecy to be fulfilled. And the man who could command fire from heaven could bring rain using the same methods. We are told, 'Elijah ... bent...
Comments: 0