Reading 1 Kings 18 and it really grabbed me.
It is the picture of Elijah challenging the people as to whether The Lord is God or if the Baals are God.
That prompted me to think in relation to a current church issue, where do we stand as a congregation
Is the Lord God, or are we bowing to someone or something else
Elijah says god is the one who answers by fire, and finally the people say 'The Lord! He is God!'
What do we say? Is he God? Or not?
If he is, it is about time we took him seriously at his word, in a number of ways.....
a few things come to mind...........
Holiness (we are called to be set apart for Him, different, peculiar, special, etc)
Worldliness (see 1 John 2:15-16)
Evangelism - are we telling the gospel story?
Use of money - how do you earn it? what do you do with it? How does that measure up with the Bible guidelines?
Discipleship - how are we directly contributing to making disciples?
And so it goes on........
How do I do on these and other things - probably not that well, and i am counting on my brothers and sisters to help spur me on to love and good deeds. I want to do that to you too.
May we run the race faithfully, looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith, counting all things rubbish but to know Him. May we be like Paul and long to as he said to the Corinthians, to know nothing but Jesus Christ and him crucified.
God bless you as you grab hold of the Lord Jesus and his purpose for your life
Mark
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