Elijah & the 7,000
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โข When youโre faced with uncertainties or bad news, how do you usually respond?ย
โข When you feel tired, what do you usually do to regain strength?
โข Who do you often look to for help? What makes that person dependable?
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๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ค๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ, โ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐๐ญ๐ช๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ?โ ๐๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ, โ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ด. ๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ด๐ณ๐ข๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐, ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ง๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ.โย ๐ญ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ต:๐ต-๐ญ๐ฌ
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After the reign of Solomon, the kings of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord. God set apart Elijah and used him as a prophet to confront some of these rulers, but not without great challenges. As a result of his obedience to the Lord, Elijahโs life was on the line and he felt like the end was near for him. But God reminded Elijah of what was true in the midst of his distressโGod is great and good. Today, letโs get insights from Godโs faithfulness to restore Elijah so that he may go and speak Godโs truth, even in the face of death.
๐ญ. ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐ ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐.ย
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฃ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ป๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ญ๐ช๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ป๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ญ๐ช๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ, ๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, โ๐๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ, ๐ช๐ง ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ.โ ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฅ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ข, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ถ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ง๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐ญ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ต:๐ญโ๐ฏ
Elijah rose against the evil rulers of his time and performed miraculous signs, proving that God is above all. But when they threatened to kill him, he was ๐ข๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฅ and ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ. From being bold, Elijah became so anxious and distraught that he asked God to take his life because he thought that he was the only one left who believed in God. Even when we obey God, we will face challenges. When life becomes overwhelming, it may seem easier to give up and even wallow in sadness. But God is with us and works in our hearts in the midst of our challenges and pain. Have you experienced circumstances that seemed to overshadow Godโs promise for your life? What happened?
๐ฎ. ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐, ๐๐ผ๐ฑโ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐บ.
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ, โ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต, ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ.โ . . . ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ญ๐ช๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ท๐ฆ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ, โ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐๐ญ๐ช๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ?โย ๐ญ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ต:๐ณ, ๐ญ๐ฎโ๐ญ๐ฏ
As Elijah was hiding, God came to him. Twice, He told Elijah to rest and provided food for him to regain his strength. In Godโs holy presence, Elijah eventually told Him all his concerns. God tended to Elijah throughout his physical, mental, and emotional struggles. God showed His power and reminded Elijah that He was there for him. When we become vulnerable before God, His presence comforts us and His word aligns our hearts to His so that we can trust Him again. Recall a time when God brought you through a difficult time. How did He restore your faith and confidence in Him?
๐ฏ. ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฑโ๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐.ย
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ, โ๐๐ฐ, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ค๐ถ๐ด. . . . ๐ ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ด๐ณ๐ข๐ฆ๐ญ, ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ข๐ญ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฌ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ.โ ๐๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ข ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต . . . ๐ญ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ต:๐ญ๐ฑ, ๐ญ๐ด-๐ญ๐ต
When God restored Elijah, He also reinforced his calling. God sent him a helper, Elisha, and told him that there are still 7,000 who are faithful to Him so that he wouldnโt feel alone. At the word of the Lord, Elijah again obeyed. Though Elijah resisted what God was doing at first, God still entrusted this responsibility to him. Even in our weakness, God builds our faith and enables us to pursue His purpose for our lives. What has God called you to do in this season? How has He sustained you and built your faith as you have obeyed His call?
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โข Are there areas in your life where you feel isolated and anxious? How does putting your faith in God help bring healing to those areas?
โข Is God calling you to do something that seems impossible? How may you move forward in faith instead of fear?
โข Who can you encourage with the lessons youโve learned this week? How can you share Godโs crazy faithfulness to him or her?
๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฅ
โข Thank God for His presence, care, and power in our lives. Thank Him for giving us faith to navigate through lifeโs difficulties.
โข Ask God to restore every broken area of your life. Pray that God would help you draw closer to Him even in moments of weakness.
โข Pray for God to surround you with godly people as you fulfill His purpose for your life.