James 517 tells us that Elijah was a man subject to like passions as we are.

He lived and served God under a wicked king, and yet, in spite of the wickedness around him,

he was a man who not only walked with

God he had the power of God on his life in this study a man like us in times like

ours Scott Paulie will share encouragement from the life of Elijah that will help

us make a difference for Christ in our generation.

In a world where everybody wants to be known, everybody wants to be an influencer,

everybody wants to have their voice heard, there's so little attention on the hidden life,

and yet that is the secret to God's open

blessing in all of life. This is what we're learning from Elijah the Tishbite, this man that

is introduced to us in 1st Kings chapter 17 and who makes such a indelible impression, not just

on Israel, but in the

Word of God, the work of God. His name means Jehovah is God. That's a great name. That's a great

statement. It goes, the great name is not our name. It's God's name. The great person in the

story is not Elijah.

It is the Lord God of Elijah. We've seen him living by this brook and discovering the divine

refreshment that God gives there and learning to lean on the divine sufficiency in the morning and in

the evening. And now we come to the end of this part of the story.

And frankly, it takes a turn that is unexpected. One that we would not, we would not have put in

the story, but the Lord does for a very definite reason. Verse seven says, and it came to pass after a while

that the brook dried up because there had been no rain

in the land. Do you remember, God had sent a message through Elijah to Ahab and Jezebel. It's not going to rain,

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