God is calling us
to live as "righteous people" (Psalm 58:10-11). When we face hostile
persecution, our only hope is in the Lord: “God is my Stronghold, my
merciful God” (Psalm 59:9,17). Looking to the Lord, we pray, “Give us
help against the enemy because human assistance is worthless” (Psalm
60:11). Trusting in the Lord, we have this confidence: “With God, we
will display great strength. He will trample our enemies” (Psalm 60:12).
Knowing that god is with us as the God of our salvation, we can say,
with glad assurance of faith, “I will triumph!” (Psalm 60:6). We are
“more than conquerors through Him who loved us” (Romans 8:37). Whatever
Satan does, he will not succeed. We have the victory in Christ.
We read about Elijah in his high-points of strength - the triumph over the prophets of Baal (1 Kings 18:36-39) - and his low-points of weakness - he is ready to give up: “I’ve had enough now, Lord” (1 Kings 19:4). How did Elijah get into such a mess? He forgot this: “The Lord’s power was on Elijah” (1 Kings 18:46). In all life’s ups and downs, we must hold on to this: The Lord has sent His Spirit of power to live in us (2 Timothy 1:7). How are we to live in the power of the Spirit? We need to feed on the Word of God and drink in the Word of God (1 Kings 17:4). We need to pray that the Lord will send His showers of blessing (1 Kings 17:14). We are to live our life “according to the Word of the Lord” (1 Kings 17:16). For our life of faith to be strong in the Lord, we need to listen attentively to the preaching of God’s Word (1 Kings 17:24).
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