INSPOHEALTH

Dialogue between Elijah and God ELIJAH : I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts, because the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, thrown down Your altars, and slain Your prophets with the sword. And I, I only, am left, and they seek my life, to destroy it. GOD : Go, return on your way to the Wilderness of Damascus; and when you arrive, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria. And anoint Jehu son of Nimshi to be king over Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah to be prophet in your place. And him who escapes from the sword of Hazael Jehu shall slay, and him who escapes the sword of Jehu Elisha shall slay. Yet I will leave Myself 7,000 in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal and every mouth that has not kissed him. Elijah in this passage thought he was alone. He was feeling pity for himself and God. He thought he was the only one who had the vision and idea that God wanted to fulfil, he thought he was the only one who understood that God wanted

We don't deserve it yet he gave it to us. Our works and labour could never pay the price but he have us for free. Sometimes we think is our effort, we think we are special and better than others us, we think we are more deserving of it than our neighbour but we forget the place of God's unmerited favour, the power of Grace. I believe Grace is what God gives that makes what we don't deserve accessible to us. For example, you have a huge project to embark on, you know it is beyond your power, you lack ideas, funds, and many more for the project. After much struggle, you pray for God's grace and in a crazy way, a way you could never explain, everything start to work out well. Men begin to volunteer to help without you even asking, ideas starts to flood the mind like no man's buisness and then you just smile to your self realizing that by your strength you could actually have done nothing but with God's grace there is always a way in the wilderness. This is not