"Search for
Me and live! ... Search for Me and live!" (Amos 5:4,6). Life can be
turned around. This isn't something that we can do for ourselves. It must
done for us by the Lord. "Search for good instead of evil so that you
may live" (Amos 5:14). The Lord gives us a new direction in life. When
we read of the call to conversion, we must remember that we cannot
answer this call in our own strength. The strength that we need must be
given to us by the Lord.
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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