News for January 2010
Am I Alone?
As we consider the Lord’s work and the sacrifices that are necessary to see it go forward, we begin to feel sorry for ourselves and if we aren’t careful we can even develop a “Martyr’s Complex”. All too often a Christian feels that they are “the only one” who is really standing up for what is right and that is just simply not the case most of the time. There are Christians standing up for the Lord all over this World and a lot of the time there are other Christians a lot closer than you think or know.
Remember the account of Elijah in I Kings 17 – 19. Even this prophet struggled with the same thoughts and feelings that we do today.
- I Kings 19:14 And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
What was the Lord’s response to this attitude? It was two-fold.
1. The Lord replaces Elijah with Elisha a man that had a right attitude and vision of serving Him.
I Ki 19:16b – and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.
2. The Lord basically tells Elijah that he isn’t even close to being the last one.
I Ki 19:18 - Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
Let this be a lesson to us as we consider the attitude with which we serve the Lord and the attitude with which we view our commitments to the Lord.
-PR
Edited: January 12th, 2010