A. BACKGROUND( 1 Kings 17 - 19:8 ).
1. The drought (17:1)
2. Fed by ravens (17:2-7)
3. The widow of Zarephath – sustained by the meal and oil (17:8-15).
4. Raising the widow’s son (17:17-24).
5. The challenge on Mount Carmel (18:1-40).
6. Return of the rain (18:41-46).
7. Flight from Jezebel – fed by an angel (19:1-8)
8. In the Caves of Horeb (19:9-18).
B. THRU ALL GOD HAD CARED FOR ELIJAH AND PROVEN HIMSELF.
C. HOW WE VIEW THIS QUESTION DEPENDS ON EMPHASIS:
1. "What doest thou here?"
2. "What doest thou here?"
D. IT IS A QUESTION WE MIGHT ASK OURSELVES.
A. WHERE WAS HE? IN THE CAVES OF DESPONDENCY.
B. MOST OBVIOUSLY, HE WAS HIDING.
C. WHILE HIDING, HE WAS DOING NOTHING FOR THE LORD.
A. OF ALL PEOPLE, ELIJAH SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER.
B. WE SHOULD KNOW BETTER THAN TO BE DISCOURAGED AND HIDE.
1. We have God's promise( 2 Tim. 2:11-13 ).
2. We have seen him deliver( Rom. 15:4 ).
3. Romans 8:31f.
A. WE ALSO HAVE A MISSION( Matt. 28:19-20 ).
B. WE CAN DO NOTHING WHILE HIDING IN OUR CAVE OF DESPONDENCY.
A. WE NEED TO HAVE FAITH IN GOD AND DO WHAT HE REDEEMED US TO DO.
B. THERE ARE NO EXCUSES, JUST AS THERE WERE NONE FOR ELIJAH/
C. HAVE YOU OBEYED THE LORD?
