Phil Tuttle - July 28, 2019
Duel on the Mountain - I Kings 18
Put yourself in Elijah’s sandals. It’s you against 450 prophets who have something to prove. Each one is ready to put an end to you and your faith, once and for all. Obviously, 450 to 1 are terrible odds. If you’re the one against the 450, you might want to be thinking about hightailing it out of town…pronto!
Unless you’ve taken a lesson or two from Elijah the Tishbite of Gilead. A worshipper of Almighty God. The one true God. The One who is ready to show the world what He can do through a person who is fully sold out to Him. And today we’ll see that what God did for Elijah, can translate into our world in miraculous ways even now.
From Series: "Miracles"
This Week's Sermon: "Do You See What I See?"
When you look at your circumstances today, what do you see? You may be overwhelmed by debt, discouraged by demands you can’t seem to fulfill, or facing an impossible situation.
Whatever your circumstances may be, the prophet, Elisha, had a servant who could relate to what you’re feeling. The servant woke up early one morning and, when he went outside, he looked up and saw an enemy army with horses and chariots surrounding him, and he cried out to Elisha in response, “Oh no! What shall we do?” But while the servant was panicking, Elisha remained completely calm, despite facing the exact same imminent threat.
How can two people experience the same set of circumstances, but one person looks at it with dread while the other faces it with confident peace? The story behind the miracle we’ll look at this week gives us the answer.
