Faith Over Fear

Reading 1 Kings 18:1-15. The drought had been going on for three years and times had gotten desperate. King Ahab and Obadiah searching the land for the kings’ animals to have water.  This is the turning point. These two servants of the Lord who are in this hard situation and responding very differently. Obadiah who did something amazing for the Lord. He risked his own life, his own position in charge of the palace. He risks it all to save 100 prophets. In that act of service, he positions himself to live in fear, fear of someone finding out, fear that he's going to lose his own life. Elijah had every good reason to be afraid for his life, going and appearing before King Ahab. It’s a good picture of finding yourself living in fear because you have this feeling that you're kind of just hanging on and something's going to snap and then it'll all fall down. When we feel attacked by the enemy who wants us to live in fear, we forget, that’s why God is always reminding us and why we need established rhythms for redirecting ourselves back to God. Let God’s character define your circumstance and not the other way around. The price is that you're going to go through it, but there's options here, there's two paths you can take as you go through it. God is our resource. He is the bread of life. He's all that we need. God moves at the right time.