Voice of a Father
Today’s Focus: Elijah
and the Voice
Scripture: 1 Kings
17; Proverbs 18:21
Greetings Sons of
God:
Now this story
encompass the entire chapter of 1 Kings 17 so we will quote and point out
scriptures as we look at the story. Here
we have the prophet Elijah in the city of Zarephath (vs 10). He came to the gate of the city and there was
a widow woman there. We know that Elijah
asks the woman to make a cake for him and the woman explains that she only had
a little meal and oil left for her and her son.
Now Elijah tells her to fear not but go do as he has said for this
reason:
1 Kings 17:14: For
thus SAITH the Lord God of Israel, the barrel of meal shall not waste, neither
shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the
earth.
Not upon the word
of Elijah but this is what the Lord said!
It is the voice of the Lord speaking through Elijah. Now the woman goes and does all according to
what Elijah said and this is the result:
1 Kings 17:16: And
the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, ACCORDING TO
THE WORD OF THE LORD, WHICH HE SPAKE BY ELIJAH.
Now we see after
this the woman’s son falls sick and dies (vs 17). The woman questions Elijah why did he
come? Did he come to bring her sin to
rememberance and to kill her son? So
Elijah carries the boy to an upper room and lays him on the bed. And does this and please pay attention to
what the Scriptures say:
1 Kings 17:21,22:
And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the Lord,
and said, O Lord my God, I pray thee, let this child’s soul come into him
again. And the LORD HEARD THE VOICE OF ELIJAH; and the soul of the child came
into him again, and he revived.
Now let me explain
the Lord hearing the voice of Elijah is not the fact that Elijah had any power
of himself, but it was the fact that when the Lord heard the voice of Elijah,
He heard His voice echoing in Elijah and honored the request. Our goal when we pray is to pray the Will of
the Father so that when the Lord hears our prayers, He hears His voice echoing
from us and then the Will of God is brought to the earth.
Finally, the after
the Lord heard the voice of Elijah, the soul of the boy returned to him. It is the voice that raised the boy. There is life-giving power in the voice of
the Lord. Now this scripture should now
take on a more powerful meaning:
Proverbs 18:21:
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat
the fruit thereof.
In the next message
we will look at another example of the power of the voice of the father.
Peace, Love and
Grace from the Father,
Calvin Calhoun, Jr.
