Daily Devotional

What do we do when it looks like nothing is happening?
Israel was experiencing God’s judgment. God announced, through Elijah, “I’m going to close the windows of heaven; no rain will fall for three years.” In the third year, God sent Elijah to confront Ahab and challenge him with regard to divine power. Elijah told Ahab to gather all the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel: “We’re going to put our gods to the test. We’re going to build an altar, and we’re each going to call on our gods to send fire upon the altar, and whichever god sends the fire, that is who we will serve.” Baal’s prophets called all day long, but nothing happened. But when Elijah prayed, God sent fire down and the altar was completely consumed.
It was a spectacular moment! Elijah had settled the question in a convincing manner, and we would think that everything would have been all right. But the problem had not been resolved. The drought still lingered.
Often, we look for some spectacular event to aright the challenges we’re experiencing. And God can do the spectacular. But some problems are not resolved by the spectacular. That’s when we must get closer to God.
When the spectacular event had passed, Elijah went back up the mountain, got on the ground, put his face between his knees, and prayed. He told his servant, “Go look for a sign, and I’ll stay here and pray. I believe God’s going to do something about this situation.” The servant went and looked, but he saw nothing. Elijah said, “Go again; I’ll keep on praying.” The servant went a second time…and a third…and a fourth…and a fifth…and a sixth…but he saw nothing. Elijah said, “Keep going back, and I’ll keep praying.”
At the seventh report, the servant said, “I do see a little something. It’s not much, but I see a little cloud, about the size of a man’s hand.” Elijah heard said, “That’s what I’ve been looking for; I know that everything is going to be all right.” Shortly, there was rain in abundance, and the drought was over.
When it looks like nothing is happening, just keep on looking to God. Rain is coming to end your drought!

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