"Showed Up and Showed Out"

Showed Up and Showed Out

Today’s power scripture comes from 1 Kings 18:38:   “Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood and the stones and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench.” (NKJV)

      You may or may not be familiar with the Old Testament scripture reading of Elijah and his encounter with the 450 prophets of Baal; but to summarize it quickly let’s just get to the final scene of the encounter.  After much wailing, chanting, cutting of themselves and calling upon their pagan god to respond to their requests; the many prophets could only sit back and watch as the God of all creation answered the humble prayer of his servant.  It seemed like an easy task for the boastful gestures of the prophets to have their god come and partake of the offering that was placed before him; but he couldn’t.  Our God not only sent down a consuming fire; but the altar, the wood, the sacrifice and the surrounding ground was soaked with water.  Our God showed up and showed out.  There were almost 500 of them and Elijah stood alone. But with you and God on your side - you are the majority.  Where do you feel isolated, alone or abandoned? Don’t’ worry, God will show up and he truly can show out.

Let those who want to brag about themselves and their accomplishments have their heyday. It is easy for some to forget who is really in charge of the universe.  They think that they have life on a string and are in control of their own destinies. No man can rise any higher than God will lift him and we must always remember the source of our success.

Continue to focus on the grace and mercy of our Lord. He was the ultimate sacrifice. Consider how much God must love us and how hard it was for him to consume that which he loved so dearly; his only begotten son.

Every day is a good day it is up to us to make it a GREAT power-filled day.  Be blessed! Dr. JoAnn

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