WHO IS CAUSING THE TROUBLE
1 Kings 18:17-18
When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, “Are you the one who is troubling Israel?” Elijah answered, “I have not troubled Israel, but rather you and the house of your father, in that you forsook the Lord your God and followed after the Baals.”
Personal Challenge
Isn't this how things often play out in our personal lives? We do something that we know is wrong. Then someone points it out to us and we blame them or everyone else for the wrong that we have done. In this story, we find that King Ahab has abandoned God and chosen to follow the false gods of the people around them. God sent Elijah to the people of Israel to remind them of their true God, the God of Israel. He was a prophet and his actions and prophecies were making Ahab pretty uncomfortable. Rather than accept the responsibility for his behaviors, Ahab blamed Elijah for the consequences that were being manifested from the choice to follow false gods. Elijah reminded Ahab that it was he who abandoned God and because of that choice was bringing the consequences upon himself and his people. So who really is causing the trouble in our lives when we choose to do wrong? Lord, have mercy! Lord, have mercy! Lord, have mercy!
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