Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the land

1 Kings 18:1-15

After a long time, in the third year, the word of the Lord came to Elijah: “Go and present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the land.” So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab.

As Obadiah was walking along, Elijah met him. Obadiah recognized him, bowed down to the ground, and said, “Is it really you, my lord Elijah?”  “Yes,” he replied. “Go tell your master, ‘Elijah is here.’”

Haven’t you heard, my lord, what I did while Jezebel was killing the prophets of the Lord? I hid a hundred of the Lord’s prophets in two caves, fifty in each, and supplied them with food and water. And now you tell me to go to my master and say, ‘Elijah is here.’ He will kill me!”

Elijah said, “As the Lord Almighty lives, whom I serve, I will surely present myself to Ahab today.”

Jezebel is fanatical for her religion. For three years she had done all in her power to eliminate the worship of God in Israel. Noe Elijah returns - one against 450 -with a challenge. Let's put this to the test and see who is the real God.

Why?

After a long time, the land is dryer and not food, not grass and not water.

God sent Elijah to show Ahab who is the real God, who is the Lord who can give them the rain. It is not Bally, but the Lord.

Real God will show the love and the truth.

Obadiah is a real righteous man, who devoted his life to protecting prophets of the Lord. God let his people do the miracle to witness the greatness of the Lord!

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俄巴底擔心以利亞可能被神提走，屆時被亞哈王認為他把以利亞藏起來，會被認為與以利亞同夥。可能連他藏的先知也會被找出來。

不管環境如何，當我們信靠神，神必預備，不要以為只有我一人相信神，不要認為在異教環境中，我們無法跟隨主，神還保守許多願意跟隨主的人。我是否能跟隨主是看我們是否有願做的心。

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How?

May I have the capability to witness the great work of my God, Jesus Christ!