1 Kings 8:23
Elijah, a prophet of the Lord teaches us today that despite what we may hear or what people may do, there is no other God besides the Lord… This scripture is written at a time when the Israelites have forsaken the way of the Lord, the prophets of Baal have built alters to their gods and destroyed the alters of the Lord… Elijah in the next set of verses call the people together and instructs the prophets of Baal to lay a sacrifice on their alter and call on their god for fire to consume it… Through morning until midday the prophets called and received no answer, they were mocked by Elijah who told them to shout louder and suggested that maybe their God was in deep thought… After failing to reach their god, Elijah resurrects the alter of the Lord and places the offering upon it, he orders the children to bring jars of water to soak the wood and the offering… At that time, Elijah calls on the Lord in front of the children and the 450 prophets of Baal and the Lord responds by consuming the soaked offering by fire and even drying of the trenches with the overflow (1 Kings 18: 16-38)…
This passage teaches us today that there is no god like our God… Many today call on other things or place confidence in other places, but we are assured that in the heat of battle, when the going gets tough, when all eyes are on us that God will show up and show out… When you realize in life that all you have is Jesus, that’s when you realize that Jesus is all that you need… There were many times in bible that the enemy outnumbered the children of God; however, the minorities (believers in Christ) soon were empowered and achieved greatness by the hand of God… Today we are reminded to understand the power that lies within the hand of the Only True God… The scriptures that we examine today remind us that there is “No God like thee…” There may be many claims, and you may be approached by many witnesses from other religions, but we must remember who it is that came to your aide in your time of need, who was it that brought you out of darkness, or who has remained faithful while you lost your faith! The one we call on is the one whose name is above every other name, the one we call on is the one who gave sight to the blind, the one who healed the sick, and made the lame walk! He is the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end; He is the author and finisher of our faith… The scriptures say, “There is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath…” I don’t know about you, but I have tried all the avenues of this world, I have sought the recognition of my peers and put myself in some vulnerable positions… I have tried to fill the voids of life with the flesh and have failed miserably…
I have turned to vain glory and tried to put on a facade of happiness and joy, but in all the ways of this world I have never been happy nor filled the empty areas of my life… I understand that Only God can fill the voids of pain and trials I have faced, Only God can make me whole and turn my tears of sorrow into tears of joy… There is no other God that has the ability to turn sadness into praise, dark days into light and make ways out of no way… Through all my mistakes and mishaps I have realized that Jesus Christ is the one that has saved me, Jesus Christ is the one that has afforded me a chance of Salvation and I believe that there is no other way to be saved or even to have life more abundantly… The God that I serve keeps His covenant and mercy with his servants… God truly has been patient with us; He has looked beyond our mistakes and still provided us with opportunities to succeed… His mercy is evident in every breath you breathe, His mercy is shown in every movement you make, and His mercy is obvious in every trial that you overcome… My bible tells me thatat the name of Jesus, every knee shall bow; those who claim other gods will confess that Jesus is Lord! When Jesus was lifted up out of the depths of hell, He said all authority was given unto Him on earth and in heaven; so who is like Him on earth (just as the passage ask)? Jesus has vowed to go and prepare a place for you, and that He will return to take you home in glory! What other gods have made that promise, what other gods thought it not robbery to leave their home in glory? What other gods were clothed in imperfection that we may be perfected, or were bound to a cross so that we could all go free, what other God died that we might live? When you answer these questions, there is only one name that solves the equations, and that is JESUS! NO OTHER NAME I KNOW!!!!!!!
ALL FOR HIS GLORY!
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