The Angel In The Sky. Part [9] 06/24/2025 (Morning thought)

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!

The Angel In The Sky. Part [8] 06/24/2025 (Evening thought)

Judges 7:2 And the Lord said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.

Here is the same problem occurring again, where the tendency to take the glory of God’s miraculous work to themselves, caused The Lord to send back home 31,700 men, who otherwise might seem to have been motivated to do The Lord’s work. Were they eager, yes, they were, were they willing, yes, they were, but the attitude of attributing the victory to the human agent, leaves Gideon with only 300 men, and the reason is given in the Scriptures, so that we will understand why God was displeased when David numbered the people.

The reason why we are spending so much time on the issue of stealing God’s glory, is because it could affect the answers you may, or may not get to your prayers. It is that serious, for if there’s a tendency in the individual to take credit for success and victory, your prayers could actually go unanswered. In the case of Elijah, when he was at the top of Mt. Carmel, where, if he had failed, he would be torn in pieces, he relied entirely upon God, and his humble dependence bore fruit in an immediate answer to his single, simple prayer.

1st Kings 18:36 And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word. 37 Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.

1st Kings 18:38 Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!