DAILY STRENGTH FOR MEN
March 5 (day 2)
Passage: Verse in Context - 1 Kings 17:17-22 NRSV
After this the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became ill; his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him. She then said to Elijah, "What have you against me, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to cause the death of my son!" But he said to her, "Give me your son." He took him from her bosom, carried him up into the upper chamber where he was lodging, and laid him on his own bed. He cried out to the LORD, "O LORD my God, have you brought calamity even upon the widow with whom I am staying, by killing her son?" Then he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried out to the LORD, "O LORD my God, let this child's life come into him again." The LORD listened to the voice of Elijah; the life of the child came into him again, and he revived.
Related Passage - 1 Kings 19:1-4 NRSV
Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elihah, saying, "So may the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life like the life of one of them by this time tomorrow." Then he was afraid; he got up and fled for his life, and came Beer-sheba, which belongs to Judah; he left his servant there. But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a solitary broom tree. He asked that he might die: "It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am no better than my ancestors."
Questions for Reflection and Application
* Why is Elijah considered one of the greatest prophets in the Bible? When the life of Elijah is reviewed, what stands out: his weaknesses or what he accomplished by following God's direction?
* How do you think God saw Elijah? How does God see you?
* To what has God called you in the past? How did you respond?
* To what is God calling you right now? How will you respond?
Lord, like Elijah, I am fraught with flows. Use me as a vessel to do your work anyway. Amen.
March 5 (day 2)
Passage: Verse in Context - 1 Kings 17:17-22 NRSV
After this the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became ill; his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him. She then said to Elijah, "What have you against me, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to cause the death of my son!" But he said to her, "Give me your son." He took him from her bosom, carried him up into the upper chamber where he was lodging, and laid him on his own bed. He cried out to the LORD, "O LORD my God, have you brought calamity even upon the widow with whom I am staying, by killing her son?" Then he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried out to the LORD, "O LORD my God, let this child's life come into him again." The LORD listened to the voice of Elijah; the life of the child came into him again, and he revived.
Related Passage - 1 Kings 19:1-4 NRSV
Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elihah, saying, "So may the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life like the life of one of them by this time tomorrow." Then he was afraid; he got up and fled for his life, and came Beer-sheba, which belongs to Judah; he left his servant there. But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a solitary broom tree. He asked that he might die: "It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am no better than my ancestors."
Questions for Reflection and Application
* Why is Elijah considered one of the greatest prophets in the Bible? When the life of Elijah is reviewed, what stands out: his weaknesses or what he accomplished by following God's direction?
* How do you think God saw Elijah? How does God see you?
* To what has God called you in the past? How did you respond?
* To what is God calling you right now? How will you respond?
Lord, like Elijah, I am fraught with flows. Use me as a vessel to do your work anyway. Amen.
DAILY STRENGTH FOR MEN
March 5 (day 2)
Passage: Verse in Context - 1 Kings 17:17-22 NRSV
After this the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became ill; his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him. She then said to Elijah, "What have you against me, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my sin to remembrance, and to cause the death of my son!" But he said to her, "Give me your son." He took him from her bosom, carried him up into the upper chamber where he was lodging, and laid him on his own bed. He cried out to the LORD, "O LORD my God, have you brought calamity even upon the widow with whom I am staying, by killing her son?" Then he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried out to the LORD, "O LORD my God, let this child's life come into him again." The LORD listened to the voice of Elijah; the life of the child came into him again, and he revived.
Related Passage - 1 Kings 19:1-4 NRSV
Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elihah, saying, "So may the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life like the life of one of them by this time tomorrow." Then he was afraid; he got up and fled for his life, and came Beer-sheba, which belongs to Judah; he left his servant there. But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a solitary broom tree. He asked that he might die: "It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am no better than my ancestors."
Questions for Reflection and Application
* Why is Elijah considered one of the greatest prophets in the Bible? When the life of Elijah is reviewed, what stands out: his weaknesses or what he accomplished by following God's direction?
* How do you think God saw Elijah? How does God see you?
* To what has God called you in the past? How did you respond?
* To what is God calling you right now? How will you respond?
Lord, like Elijah, I am fraught with flows. Use me as a vessel to do your work anyway. Amen.
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