Day 16 -- Elijah
Scripture Passage: 1 Kings 18:20-40 (also, good background in the preceeding verses, beginning at 17:1) The Israelites, yet again, had turned to idols (see a pattern here?), and God had sent famine and draught. The prophet Elijah, who had a death warrant on his life issued by King Ahab, had been hiding (at God's instruction) in a ravine east of Jordan. But then God instructed Elijah to go before Ahab, and God promised that rain would follow. Ahab and Elijah had a face-off, with one (Ahab of course) proclaiming Baal as supreme and the other (Elijah) proclaiming the God of the Israelites as the one true God. Both made altars to their Gods, but the altar to Baal wouldn't burn. Elijah soaked the altar he'd made with water, and then God sent fire from heaven that not only burned up the sacrifice, wood, stones and soil, but also "licked up" (don't you love the terminology there -- like God did this with a flourish) the water puddled around the altar. God showed His power and brought His people back to a place of belief (another pattern, don't you think?).
Key Verse: 1 Kings 18:39 -- "The LORD, He is God."
Suggested Symbol: firey mound of wood, stones and water
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I think it is great that Elijah says "Answer me, O LORD, answer me, that this people may know that you, O LORD, are God, and that you have turned their hearts back." The people had not even turned their hearts, but Elijah knows that God will do it and he also knows that unless they are aware of God's power they will think they have turned their own hearts. They will not recognize their own stubbornness and sin on their own.
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