If The Lord Is God, Follow Him!

The enemy is looking for any crack or trauma he can use to cause you to look with your natural eyes at a looming situation in your life or your family, which will cause you to shrink back in fear.

2 Tim 1:7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear; but of power, love and a sound mind.

Intimidation is a common tactic from the enemy which he has been using for thousands of years. God is waiting to see, in the supernatural, what your response is to the circumstances that you see in the natural.

Elijah, the prophet, had to face many fears as he was not always the bearer of good news to kings and the people of Israel. In 1 Kings 18, Elijah had to present himself to King Ahab to request a spiritual showdown of truth for the Israelites, who were worshiping false Gods. Ahab summoned all the people and the prophets to Mount Carmel. 

Elijah said, "How long are you going to waver between two opinions?" he asked the people. "If the Lord is God, follow him!" "But if Baal is God, then follow him!"

1 Kings 18:21 And the people of Israel did not say a word.

On Mount Carmel, 850 false prophets prayed to their false gods, Baal and Asherah, but there was no reply despite hours of chanting and shouting. Elijah was obedient and confident in God and even when he was outnumbered 850 to 1, he knew that His God was the only true God.

Elijah prayed, "O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, prove today that you are the God of Israel and I am your servant..." "Answer me so these people will know that you are God ..." 1 Kings 18:36

Suddenly a fire flashed down from Heaven and burned up all the sacrifice including the dust. The people reacted by falling on their faces and shouting "Jehovah is God".

Has the devil got you faltering between strong faith and battle fatigue? Have you begun to comprise from the position God wants you to remain in? Is your spouse wrapped up in an affair, has your adult child walked right into a trap of the enemy, has your co-worker slandered you again? Compromise will silence your spirit while obedience gives your voice power.

1 Peter 2:15 But doing the will of God will silence the wicked.

We serve a God who is mighty and answers not just in small miracles but by fire and fury. Our God is a consuming fire and His fire is released when we speak His word. Speak to the negative situations with the fire of His truth. Look at the situation with your spiritual eye, your heart, as you trust in the God of Israel!

Apostle Cathy Coppola