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by: Don Carmichael

03/24/2025

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Just curious.  Have you ever felt you’re the only one that has been where you have been while on a down swing or overwhelmed?  The prophet Elijah comes to my mind. “Elijah replied to God, “I have zealously served You, LORD God Almighty.  But the people of Israel have broken their covenant with You, torn down Your altars, and killed every one of Your prophets.  I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me, too.”  He even said it twice!  We might feel sympathetic toward this lonely prophet voicing his troubles, but we aren’t in his sandals.  Why can’t he just get up and go?  There is always a temptation to feel this way, especially when we’ve has a day like he has had and are exhausted, forgetting the One who is able to energize us and remembering He is the Sovereign.
“The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience,” we are told.  Be it “I’m the only one” or you are searching and not finding, or overcome or needy, or blatantly rebelling against God Himself.  But!  “God is faithful.  He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, He will show you a way out so that you can endure.” 
Father, thank You for sending Your Son and Spirit, three-in-One, calling us to Yourself, faithfully compassionate and caring, even to rescue us from our sin against You and others. Forgive our self-centeredness and lack of trust.
And by the way, God not only pulled him aside for a fire-side chat, revealing His power, but told Elijah, “Yet I have left Me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal.”  And then gave him another task!  Sometimes we just need to hear the truth whispered to us by the Sovereign One.  And Jesus says, “Come unto Me.”
‭‭1 Kings‬ ‭19‬:‭10‬, 18, ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭10‬:‭13‬, Matthew 11:28 NLT‬‬
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Just curious.  Have you ever felt you’re the only one that has been where you have been while on a down swing or overwhelmed?  The prophet Elijah comes to my mind. “Elijah replied to God, “I have zealously served You, LORD God Almighty.  But the people of Israel have broken their covenant with You, torn down Your altars, and killed every one of Your prophets.  I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me, too.”  He even said it twice!  We might feel sympathetic toward this lonely prophet voicing his troubles, but we aren’t in his sandals.  Why can’t he just get up and go?  There is always a temptation to feel this way, especially when we’ve has a day like he has had and are exhausted, forgetting the One who is able to energize us and remembering He is the Sovereign.
“The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience,” we are told.  Be it “I’m the only one” or you are searching and not finding, or overcome or needy, or blatantly rebelling against God Himself.  But!  “God is faithful.  He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, He will show you a way out so that you can endure.” 
Father, thank You for sending Your Son and Spirit, three-in-One, calling us to Yourself, faithfully compassionate and caring, even to rescue us from our sin against You and others. Forgive our self-centeredness and lack of trust.
And by the way, God not only pulled him aside for a fire-side chat, revealing His power, but told Elijah, “Yet I have left Me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal.”  And then gave him another task!  Sometimes we just need to hear the truth whispered to us by the Sovereign One.  And Jesus says, “Come unto Me.”
‭‭1 Kings‬ ‭19‬:‭10‬, 18, ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭10‬:‭13‬, Matthew 11:28 NLT‬‬
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