1Ki 8:35 | KingComments | STEP | The third prayer concerns the situation that God must withhold His blessing from His people if they deviate from Him ( ; ). This judgment was asked of God by Elijah, that the people might return to Him ( ; ). This indeed happened. Without rain there is no harvest and no harvest feast. If the people of God humble themselves, the LORD can show them the good way again. Every humiliation leads to new insight to go the good way. In a local church death can be in the pot. If spiritual blessing is no longer enjoyed, it is the result of a deviation from the Word of God. As Elimelech we can head for places where we think we can find food ( ). However, God’s purpose is that we humble ourselves before Him and confess our deviation. Then the Lord can show us the good way again. If we then go that way, the result is that blessing comes again.

‏ 1 Kings 8:35

Third Prayer

The third prayer concerns the situation that God must withhold His blessing from His people if they deviate from Him (Lev 26:19; Deu 11:17 ; Deu 28:23). This judgment was asked of God by Elijah, that the people might return to Him (1Kgs 17:1; Jam 5:17). This indeed happened. Without rain there is no harvest and no harvest feast.

If the people of God humble themselves, the LORD can show them the good way again. Every humiliation leads to new insight to go the good way.

In a local church death can be in the pot. If spiritual blessing is no longer enjoyed, it is the result of a deviation from the Word of God. As Elimelech we can head for places where we think we can find food (Rth 1:1). However, God’s purpose is that we humble ourselves before Him and confess our deviation. Then the Lord can show us the good way again. If we then go that way, the result is that blessing comes again.