We can learn important lessons by considering God\u2019s disciplines in dealing with Elijah. As Elijah fled to the wilderness following his first confrontation with King Ahab, God said to him, \u201cElijah, go to the brook Cherith, and I will feed you there.\u201d God sent big, black buzzards\u2014ravens, scavenger birds\u2014each morning and evening with Elijah\u2019s meals. What humiliation! All his life Elijah had been self-sufficient. Now he waited on scavenger birds to deliver him his daily bread.\u2026<\/p>\n
Elijah was like so many faithful preachers of the Word who are too true and too uncompromising for their congregations.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t have to take that,\u201d the people protest. And they stop contributing to the church. More than one pastor knows the meaning of economic strangulation. Preach the truth, and the brook dries up! But the Lord knows how to deal with each of us in our humiliations. He takes us from truth to truth.<\/p>\n
1 Kings 17:3\u20136; Philippians 4:11\u201312; 1 Thessalonians 2:2\u20134<\/p>\n
Men Who Met God,<\/i> 96.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We can learn important lessons by considering God\u2019s disciplines in dealing with Elijah. As Elijah fled to the wilderness following his first confrontation with King Ahab, God said to him, \u201cElijah, go to the brook Cherith, and I will feed you there.\u201d God sent big, black buzzards\u2014ravens, scavenger birds\u2014each morning and evening with Elijah\u2019s meals. … Continue reading “PASTORAL
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