When God sends out His Word, He
sends it with a promise; "My Word... will not come back to Me without
results, but it will accomplish whatever I want and achieve whatever I
send it to do" (Isaiah 55:11). The Lord is looking out. He's looking
beyond those who are already worshipping Him. He says, "I will gather
still others besides those I have already gathered” (Isaiah 56:8). When
we find, in our hearts, a desire to praise God, where does this spirit
of praise come from? God says this, “I’ll create praise on their lips”
(Isaiah 57:19).
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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