1st Kings 19:15 And the Lord said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria.
But after a day of great victory, you have to be very careful, lest your head gets swollen, and you begin to think that it was something about you that gave you the victory. It is never about you and me, it has everything to do with God whether it be in spiritual or temporal lines. Very often, after the Christian has experienced great mountaintop blessings, satan is waiting and drooling for you in the valley below, and like David, he might tempt us to go, “number the people.”
Thus, Elijah who had prayed only once for fire, had to now pray seven times for rain. So, the question is why? Why is it that The same God who answered him so quickly at first, now seemed to have gone blank on him? There has to be some valid reason why…. 1st Kings 19:9 And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah?
1st Kings 19:10 And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. 14 And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
1st Kings 19:18 Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!