Living the Message

Today, Henry & Amy read us the story of Elijah on Mount Carmel from 1 Kings 18. Mary painted a picture of the showdown that occurred on Mount Carmel between Ahab and his 850 prophets vs. Elijah. The pagan prophets raved all afternoon with no answer because their gods were made of wood and stone. When Elijah prayed to the God of Israel, he answered because He is the only God who is alive and gives us life.

Question of the week: What mini-Baals get in the way of your walk with God? What about them is appealing? What helps you get your focus back on God?

Things that cause us to depend on something other than God can become our gods if we devote our life to them - things like power, status, appearance or material possessions. These can be appealing at times because they are things that would seem to make us god of our own life. But these are not the things that give us life! We only need to look to the Bible for what really gives us life. Amen.