1 Kings 18

1Ki 18:21
And Elijah came to all the people, and said, "How long will you falter between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him." But the people answered him not a word.

Don't we often falter between two opinions ourselves? We profess that we believe in Him, but yet often we make decisions and take a path that is not His path. Not the path He would desire us to take.

Elijah put it very simply for us - If the LORD is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him. It is a either or situation. Either God or Baal. Either God or Mammon. It is either you are walking on the path of salvation or you are not.

I also found the verse below interesting.

And so it was, at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, "Cry aloud, for he is a god; either he is meditating, or he is busy, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened." (1Ki 18:27)

This was Elijah's direct comparison to our God. Our God never keeps His eyes away from us. He won't go away meditating nor will He go on a journey or be sleeping or be too busy for us! The way Elijah mocked the prophets of Baal tickled me. Elijah really knew His God, the God that he believes in. Do we know the God we believe in as well as Elijah did?

We saw later when the fire from God came down to consume the offering, the people seemingly turned back to God, exclaiming "The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!" (1Ki 18:39)

This reminded me of the verse in Matthew 7:21,

"Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.

Although the Israelites witnessed the power of the LORD God, and acknowledged Him as being the true God, their hearts were still not inclined to Him. They might have acknowledged Him as God, but they have not yet yielded to Him as their God. Yes, You are the one true God. But whether I want You as my God is another matter altogether.

Some of us do acknowledge God as being the one true God. But do we allow Him to be our God? He is God. But ask yourself, is He my God? Is He my God who accompanies me throughout each day of my life, who talks with me and walks with me?

Or have we allowed some other gods as our gods in our lives, despite acknowledging God as the true God? We are warned against being such people, whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame--who set their mind on earthly things. (Phl 3:19)

May the Lord have mercy on our weakness and help us.