Locking the Heavens

Locking The Heavens For Three And A Half Year

I Kings 17:1-3 NKJV

[1] And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, except at my word.” [2] Then the word of the Lord came to him, saying, [3] “Get away from here and turn eastward, and hide by the Brook Cherith, which flows into the Jordan. 

It is possible to read this and pass it on as one of the fables in the old testament. It may not be until you read the report of James that you'll get the antecedent actions of the story. This is David Guzik: " Elijah was not merely the prophet of this drought – in the sense of prayer – he was the cause of the drought. He prayed and it happened. Jas 5:17-18 makes this clear: Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit". Guzik continues that this was  " a dramatic demonstration against the pagan god Baal, who was thought to be the sky god, the god of the weather. Elijah showed that through his prayers to the God of Israel, Yahweh was mightier than Baal". Don't forget that by now the worship of Baal was a state religion, and the King publicy acknowledged it. The focus is that he prayed and it happened. We can cause change in our time by prayers. Here's the baseline. God instructed ravens to go and feed the orophet while the drought lasted. God give us men. That waa not for two weeks, but three and a half year. Ravens are very selfish birds. They can eat and let , their chicks die. Yet these birds brought food to Elijah. No matter what curves of life throws at us, God  is too powerful to fail. Your case is not different. It takes us to call on Him. Good morning