Jesus the Saviour is greater than John
the Baptist (Matthew 14:1-12). Jesus does more than providing physical
food. He is the Bread of Life (Matthew 14:13-21). Jesus has power over
nature (Matthew 14:22-36) - because He is "the Son of God, Look, the
Lamb" (Matthew 14:33). We look beyond John to Jesus. John pointed away
from himself to Jesus, "the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the
world" (John 1:29). Jesus is our Saviour. Let us praise Him for all
that He is, all that He has done for us and all that He has given to 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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