“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. Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou has turned their heart back again” (1 Kings 18:36-37).

I surely wish we had an Elijah today. How awesome is the scene before us! The wicked king and all of his officials, along with a huge representation of the nation of Israel, were called to Mt. Carmel by Elijah the prophet. God had captured the attention of the entire nation because He had withheld rain for 3 ½ years. Now Elijah was going to settle the question as to Who would be God in Israel. Would the LORD God or would the Baals be God in Israel? Would the country plunge into wicked idolatry? Or would they acknowledge the LORD God, the true and living God, the only God? Don’t you wish sometimes that the president, all of his officials, and our entire nation could be called together and have Elijah speak to them? Well friends, obviously that is not going to happen right now! That’s why it’s important that you and I carry the message that the true and living God wants to be known and loved by our neighbors. It’s up to us!

For today: What a wonderful message you and I have, and what a mission to carry it out!