A Still Small Voice

Posted by Christina Scovone on Friday, April 29, 2011

King James Bible Study: A Still Small Voice
For: Friday April 28, 2011
Chapters: I Kings 19-20
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Details of Today's Reading: Jezebel threatens Elijah and he flees into the wilderness, God cares for His distressed prophet, God enlists Elisha, Ahab’s Syrian campaigns and victories, his sin in sparing Benhadad, and his fate brought upon his sin.

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“Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.” - I Peter 4:12-14.

It can be discouraging to be a Christian sometimes, it seems the more you try to do for God, the harder things get. Well, the truth is, they do at times. Satan is so mad at you for living and accomplishing things for God that he wants to try and get you to fall. If he can get a strong Christian to fall he has done his job, he wants to destroy every Christian and make them doubt not only their faith in God, but God Himself.

After Elijah proved to Ahab and the four hundred and fifty false prophets that there was only one living God, he expected the miracle to turn the nation from Baal worship and bring about a national repentance to return to the one and only True God. However, Elijah got the opposite of what he expected, when Ahab told Jezebel that her false prophets were all dead Jezebel ordered Elijah to be executed. Fearing for his life, Elijah fled into the wilderness.

“And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah? And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah? ” - I Kings 19:9-13.

Suddenly, the most demonstrative symbols of God's mighty power beheld, a storm, an earthquake, and a fire, passed before him, but it was not in any of these great wonders that God appeared to him, but it was in a still small voice, where He told him to keep going and finish the job He gave him to do. The question God asked Elijah is one that He asks many Christian's, “What are you doing here?” We all have a job to do for God, instead of running from it we need to embrace it. “For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant. Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.” - I Corinthians 7:22-24.

It was Elijah's desire to see Israel be transformed back into one Kingdom for God, although that did not happen he did see seven thousand people in the Northern Kingdom faithfully return to God. “And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria:..Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.” - I Kings 19:15,18.

While that still small voice can reach the servants heart, it is not so apparent to the world, therefore, God has to get His point across in a different way. God will use anyone to get his point across, even wicked people, He used a man named Benhadad to prove that God does not just exist in certain cities or countries, He exists period and is in control of every thing, including their fate.

“And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it...And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they...And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD. And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.” - I Kings 20:1,22,23,28,29.

These foolish men thought that their gods had their own particular charge and jurisdiction and that theycould defeat Israel in their own territory. They failed to realize that there is only One God and He is everywhere, but soon got the shock of their lives when they lost the battle. No one can escape God, they can pretend that He does not exist, ignore Him, even burn His Word, but God still exists and is in control of all things. “I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.” - Revelation 1:8.

All Christians have lonely hours, days of disappointment, and moments of hopelessness, times when their highest feelings have been misunderstood and purest motives are met with doubt and ridicule. God is saying to you, “What are you doing here? Get up and do what I told you to do!” During times like these, we are to look beyond the circumstances we are facing and look to Christ. He will work every trial and every circumstance to strengthen us and do the work that He calls us to do, even if we have turned our backs on Him for a time. We need not fear, just listen to that still small voice saying, “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” - Matthew 11:28-30.

Jesus Revealed: Today Jesus is revealed through the unnamed prophet who prophesied victory to King Ahab. God controls our victory, “The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” - I Corinthians 15:56,57.

God Bless You, I am praying for you,
Christina

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