AFTER THE WIND

AFTER THE WIND

1Kings 19:9-13NIV– 9There he went into a cave and spent the night. And the word of the Lord came to him: “What are you doing here, Elijah?” 10He replied, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.” 11The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.” Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.12After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper. 13When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave. 

–1 Kings 19:12KJV– And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.

1. Don’t allow fear or failure to make you hear the

-1Kings 19:3-4NIV– 3 Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, 4 while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.”

–2 Kings 2:11NIV– As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind. 

2. Don’t allow complaining to make you miss what .

–1Kings 19:9-11NIV– 9There he went into a cave and spent the night. And the word of the Lord came to him: “What are you doing here, Elijah?”10He replied, “I have been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, torn down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.” 11The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.”

–1Kings 19:11NIV– The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.”

–1 Kings 19:11b-12aNIV– Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.12After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire.

Conclusion

–1Kings 19:9NIV– There he went into a cave and spent the night. And the word of the Lord came to him: “What are you doing here, Elijah?”

1Kings 19:12-13NKJV–  12 and after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice. 13 So it was, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. Suddenly a voice came to him, and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”