“Where is the Word of the Lord? Let it come!” (Jeremiah
17:15). The Word of the Lord comes. It comes from above. It comes from
the Lord. The Word of the Lord - This is God at work. He is speaking to
us. He is working in us. We cannot create the Word of the Lord. We must
let it come to us. The Word is His. It is not ours. We must pray, “Let
the Word of the Lord come to us.” Let the Word of the Lord be God among
us, God speaking to us, God working in us, God working through us.
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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