Claim Your Inheritance by Richard Roberts

Author:Richard Roberts
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Prosperity, Christian Life
Publisher: Richard Roberts
Published: 2002-06-14T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 6

Inheriting a Crisis

Have you ever felt like throwing in the towel and totally giving up? You are not alone. I've felt that way, and I want to share it with you later in thischapter.

Even Elijah, one of the great Old Testament prophets, sat under a juniper tree one day and requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, 0 Lord, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers (I Kings 19:4).

Shortly before this time, however, the prophet had been on the mountaintop, claiming a major spiritual victory.

The Showdown!

There was a contest on Mount Carmel between Elijah, the wilderness preacher, and 450 prophets of Baal. Both sides wanted to settle the question, "Who is the true God?" (See I Kings 18:19-39.)

Elijah stood before the people and asked, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word (v. 21).

Here was the test: The two sides would each take a bull, cut it into pieces, and lay it on wood—but place no fire under it. Then Elijah said, Call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the Lord: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God (v. 24).

The prophets of Baal tried first.

They went through their ritual of calling fire down from heaven, to no avail. After a few hours, Elijah mocked them, saying, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked (v. 27).

The Baal worshipers cried out loud, cut themselves, and performed their incantations. Still there was no fire.

'Add Some Water! ’

I can visualize Elijah standing over to the side with his hands on his hips. "Are you through?" he asks. "Now let me show you what the true God can do!"

After the prophet repaired the altar and put on fresh meat, he ordered the men to fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood. And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time (vv. 33,34).

The Bible records that there was so much water around the altar that it filled the trenches.

Elijah walked up to the sacrifice and prayed a powerful prayer. He looked up to heaven and said, Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word (v. 36).

The fire descended from heaven! It not only consumed the burnt sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the dust, but it licked up the water that was in the trenches!

When the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The Lord, he is the God; the Lord, he is the God (v.

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