Read 1 Kings 19:1-15
During our Christian lives we have different levels of intimacy with God - it can even fluctuate within the same day. Elijah was the same. After a great spiritual victory in chapter 18, Elijah fell apart. He thought he was the ONLY one left who followed the true God. He was a victim of spiritual pride and it cut him down.
Do we have divine communion with God or a human relationship? A human relationship is affected by circumstances. But God is the same - always. If we have EVER had divine communion with Him, we can have it right now.
After defeating the prophets of Baal, Elijah ran off to escape Jezebel, and laid down under a tree wanting to die. Sometimes we are deceived, like Elijah, and can't discern God's will nor His provision. Sometimes God even allows this discouragement so that we return to divine communion with Him.
Divine communion gives us the ability to live without fear, without confusion, and without deception. We are connected to the vine with His divine life flowing through us. What a privilege we have! But sometimes we live more like atheists than believers in an all-powerful God.
But what did God do in 1 Kings 19? He sent a messenger who touched Elijah, who spoke to Elijah, and who left something (food and water) for his head. That is our need, too. Something fresh from God. Does Elijah jump up and shout hallelulah? No, he doesn't respond. And so God sends a messenger again, to touch him, to speak to him, to give him provision for his long journey. He does the same for us. He motivates without reprimand.
What can we do?
- Don't live in spiritual pride, but rather live in dependence.
- Don't stop in the cave and think we can't go on.
- Eat and receive from God and his messengers: Grow in the grace and knowledge of Christ and of His unconditional love.
- Enjoy divine communion and not a human relationship with the Trinity.
1 comment:
This is wonderful timing. What beautiful insight.
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