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41 And Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is a sound of the rushing of rain.”
42 So Ahab went up to eat and to drink.
And Elijah went up to the top of Mount Carmel.
And he bowed himself down on the earth and put his face between his knees.
43 And he said to his servant, “Go up now, look toward the sea.”
And he went up and looked and said, “There is nothing.”
And he said, “Go again,” seven times.
44 And at the seventh time he said, “Behold, a little cloud like a man’s hand is rising from the sea.”
And he said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down, lest the rain stop you.’
” 45 And in a little while the heavens grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain.
And Ahab rode and went to Jezreel.
46 And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah, and he gathered up his garment and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.
Introduction
Clouds are funny things.
They come in all shapes and sizes.
Sometimes the shapes look like things we know.
Animals
People
Cars and boats
They can affect our day.
There are hot sunny days when we pray for clouds to bring some shade.
There a gloomy cold days when all you see are clouds.
When I moved to Germany for my first long-term mission service, it was overcast for three solid weeks!
Clouds can form on the ground, giving fog.
And, of course, clouds can bring rain.
I remember this one time when I was on a road trip.
I was in my car, already an hour away from home, and it was a beautiful sunny day.
But up ahead, I could see a small dark cloud.
Within 20 minutes, that small cloud was a huge mass of blackness.
The sun was completely blocked out.
There was heavy rain.
My headlights barely lit up a few feet in front of me.
Cars were stopped all around me.
I kept going, but it was at a crawling pace.
It felt like forever before I reached the other side of that cloud, but then it was once again a clear blue sky for the rest of the trip.
That huge black cloud was just a small speck in my rear-view mirror.
But through all of this, a cloud is a cloud.
It’s just a big mass of water vapor.
In our lives, there are situations that come and go.
On the surface, they can seem good or bad.
Blessing or curse.
But appearances can be deceiving.
Struggles that we have gone through in the past turned out to be blessings in disguise.
Something that seemed amazing at first turned out to be a disaster.
Ultimately, a situation is like a cloud.
The circumstances can be difficult or pleasant.
But what really matters is how we respond.
Do we keep our attention on what is really important?
Do we let the situation take all our attention?
In , we read about how the king of Syria kept trying to capture the king of Israel, but every time he made a battle plan, God revealed the plan to the prophet Elisha, who would then inform the king of Israel.
The king of Syria found out, and sent soldiers to capture Elisha.
One morning, Elisha and his servant found their village surrounded by Syrian soldiers with horses and chariots everywhere.
Elisha’s servant was terrified by what he saw.
But what did Elisha do?
Elisha said, “Don’t be afraid, for there are more soldiers on our side than that are on their side.”
He prayed that God would open the eyes of his servant to see that God had sent a mighty angelic army to protect them.
The situation looked really bad, but Elisha didn’t lose faith.
His faith enabled him to see what God was doing in the middle of the circumstances.
Queen Esther had a life that seemed to be a dream come true on the surface.
She was the queen of the most powerful king in the region.
The Bible calls him a king, but he was more of an emperor.
But her story is not all that glamorous.
She was “gathered up” along with all the other pretty girls and forced to become part of the king’s harem.
She goes through this training to meet the king.
By God’s provision, Esther becomes the king’s favorite and is crowned the new queen.
But then Haman becomes offended by Esther’s uncle Mordecai and decides to destroy all the Jews.
Esther has to risk her life by going to the king uninvited in order to save her people.
Esther actually contemplates keeping her Jewish heritage a secret, but she decides to trust that God made her queen so that she could rescue her people.
King David was an example of someone whose life was a roller coaster.
He started out the youngest brother in a family of sheep herders.
Then the prophet Samuel anoints him to be the next king!
Then David is hired to play music for King Saul, and he becomes Saul’s favorite servant.
Then David is hired to play music for King Saul.
Then the Philistines invade Israel.
David defeats Goliath and becomes Israel’s hero!
He marries princess Michal.
He marries the princess Michal.
Saul becomes jealous of David and tries to kill him.
Tries to kill David.
Saul was hoping David would get killed.
David has to go on the run for several years, hiding in the wilderness.
David has to go on the run.
Saul dies in battle, and David is made king.
The Philistines are defeated, the Ark of the Covenant is returned to Jerusalem.
God makes a covenant with David to bring the Messiah through his bloodline.
Things are really looking good for David.
Then David sins with Bathsheba.
He has Bathsheba’s husband murdered so he can marry her.
The prophet Nathan rebukes David.
David repents, and things look good again.
David repents, and things look good again.
David’s children become rebellious.
Absolom overthrows David.
Amnon rapes his half-sister Tamar.
Absalom murders Amnon and decides to take the kingdom from his father.
David gets his kingdom back.
One thing after the other.
Up and down.
Good and bad.
Throughout his life, David’s eyes were focused squarely on the Lord.
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