"Elijah went before the people and said, 'How long will you waver between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.'"
In the midst of terrorism... as immorality and darkness seems to overtake the world... while religion seems to drive faith out of churches... while it seems as if the world will only get worse... we must not fall into the trap that there is no hope and that matters will only get worse. It is easy to be distracted by what is wrong with this world and believe that there is no hope. It may not be in a grand scale as the corruption of this world. It may be about our country, our state, our neighborhood, or church, or even our family. Things may not seem as if it is going well, but where is our focus? Is it with the winds blowing or the waves of water that may be crashing down on us? Is it because of the miracle of walking on water seems to be unreal or impossible? Ah, where is our focus now?
Israel had many encounters of despair, but in many instances God raised a godly person, a prophet, to help lead them to hope... he lead them back to God. During the wicked times of Israel where wickedness and idol worship prevailed, God intervened. Elijah whose name means "The Lord is my God" was sent to deliver the message to Israel to put their faith in God. His question was simple: who do you worship? We need to decide who in our life will we put our faith on. We cannot waver back and forth, but must decide how we will mold our lives. Do we put faith in our money? Do we rely on our jobs? Is our faith on our pastor? Do we put faith in our own abilities? Or do we put faith on our Heavenly Father and lay our lives in His hands?
There is hope in all situations. We should recognize the events around us, but our focus should not be on it. After all, God is hope and therefore if we put our faith in Him then we will always have hope. Let us shape our thoughts... our being on Him and let us rejoice for He is good!!!
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