LBC Sermons & Messages

I Kings 17:2-3

Virtual reality leads into another type of world which seems real but is not. Scripture on the other hand brings us face to face with reality and how to deal with it.

In the book of Ecclesiastes, Solomon describes to us what life is like without God and he concludes that it is empty. God has placed within us a God-shaped vacuum that can only He can fill. Until He is there, nothing satisfies for very long.The Bible is God’s Word to show how to fill that vacuum and give us instruction on how to live in this world.

Verse 2 states “and the Word of the Lord came to him”. The word “and” can be thought of as “then”, which implies a sequence of events. After Elijah had acted upon what he knew to be the Word of God and telling King Ahab, God then give him additional insight. Knowing what the Lord’s will is for our lives will be a matter of knowing what the Lord has stated in His Word, the Bible and then heeding it. If we do not heed what we have learned then that simply hardenes our hearts.

Verse 3 states “depart from here and turn …”. The idea here is that Elijah is to make a deliberate choice to hide himself east of the Jordan river, something that probably caught him off guard.
Proverb 14:12 states “there is a way which seems right, but its end is the way of death”. We need Godly guidance, without it we will end up making a mess out of our lives.

Knowing what the Lord’s will is for our lives is vital, if we want to accomplish anything for the Glory of God.. Next week we will look at the principles given to us in the Word of God as to how we can ascertain what the Lord’s will is for us.