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 for a time to our reading in 1 Kings. 1 Kings chapter 19. We're going to have a look at the

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 section that we read, verse 1 to verse 18, but we can read again at verse 9.

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 There it says, there he, Elijah, came to a cave and lodged in it. And behold, the word of the

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 Lord came to him, and he said to him, what are you doing here, Elijah? And he said, I have been

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 very jealous for the Lord, the God of hosts. For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant,

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 thrown down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. And I, even I only,

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 am left, and they seek my life to take it away. Are you a frustrated or a faithful follower of Christ?

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 Next, as we look at the life of Elijah and the experiences that he went through,

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 you find in his own life, a mixture of many different emotions, many ups and downs along the

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 way. And we are reminded as we read this account, and as we look at our own lives, and we look at

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 what goes on around us, how quickly our emotions can change, and how situations and circumstances

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 can so quickly change the way we're feeling. You see it happening in many different walks of life.

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 You see the emotions involved in sport. By one minute, people are on a great high. The next minute,

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 people are on a great low. You see it among every level of life and every walk of life. You see it with

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 rich and famous and powerful people. People who, in one minute, have everything at hand,

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 and in the next, because of some scandal or wrong decision, they are left with nothing. All the

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 different ups and downs. It happens to every one of us. Our lives are often filled with so many

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 contrasting emotions, emotions of joy, emotions of sadness, and so it goes on. But you may say the

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 Christian life is different. The Christian life is a life that's stable, secure. You're settled.

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 You're sure of everything. No worries. No anxieties anymore. Nothing changes our emotions as Christians.

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 If I was to ask you if that was the case tonight, I'm sure you would all say, well, that's just not

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 true. We all know that we are not immune to all these different ups and downs in life. We are indeed

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 fearfully and wonderfully made, and the Lord knows every emotion that we go through. The reality of the

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 Christian life is one of ups and downs along the way. But one where we have a Lord and a God,

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 and the one who does not change, and that we can be sure of him and sure in him. And that's what we learn

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 in Elijah's experience here. His experience reminds us of the highs and lows that come of being a follower

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 of God, of being a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ. There were times when he was faithfully following

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 with joy the Lord. Other times when he was frustrated in his following of the Lord. And it's these two

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 lessons that we want to think about this evening. Frustration and faithfulness in following the Lord.

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 If you go back to the previous chapters, chapters 17 and 18, and you can maybe just look over it later

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 on, and you see what's happening there in this overall story of Elijah's life. There was a time of

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 severe drought in the land, and yet God had miraculously provided for Elijah. He had provided

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 also for the widow who looked after him and her son. And even when tragedy struck that home and her son

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 died, Elijah, through the power of God, brought him to life. Then you read on and you see Elijah facing up

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 to the followers of Baal, those who challenged him to see if he could call down fire onto the altar.

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 And again, you see there God's awesome power. The prophets of Baal destroyed, Elijah's prayer answered,

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 and how God miraculously sent rain. And you would think here is someone who is strong in the Lord and

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 all is well. Things are going well for him, faithfully following God. But then you come into chapter 19,

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 and here we see a different side of Elijah's life. Here we see how a threat surrounds him.

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 His very life was under threat here. And in all the highs that he enjoyed, now we see the lows that he

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 experiences. There are times when we will be frustrated too. We all experience frustrations in our life, frustrations

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 with ourselves. How often we let the Lord down, how often we let others down. We're often frustrated with

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 ourselves. We'll be frustrated with others. We'll be frustrated with things that are going on around us.

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 We'll be frustrated with the way things are going around us. Maybe even in church, there can be

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 frustrations that so easily creep into our hearts. Things aren't going the way we would want them to be

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 going. Things aren't moving as quickly as we want them to move. There are so many different kinds of

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 frustrations that come in. And perhaps even we become frustrated with God. What is he doing?

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 Why isn't he acting? Why isn't he working as quick as we would want him to work? No one is immune to

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 frustration. But we remember in all our frustrations that God is never far away. He is never far away

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 to help. And he reminds us to be faithful, even in our times of frustration. God calls us to trust him.

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 And that's what we are seeing with Elijah here. There is an element of frustration in the way in his experience

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 with the Lord here. But the Lord is saying, be faithful. And remember, I am with you. And remember, you are not

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 alone. When everything seems to conspire against us, we remember God is faithful. And that's the lesson we want to see

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 from Elijah here this evening. In the midst of frustration, a call to faithfulness. There's two

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 ways we want to look at this. The first thing we see is Elijah's problem and God's provision.

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 And then the second thing we see is Elijah's passion and God's promise. So the first thing we see is

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 Elijah's problem and God's provision. To begin to read through this chapter, it's easy to conclude that

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 Elijah is running away in fear. And as he comes to this mountain, as he comes to Mount Horeb and to this

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 cave where he lodges for a time, that God comes and rebukes him to return to where he came from.

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 You read verse three there. And it says, then he was afraid, and he arose and ran for his life and came

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 up to Beersheba. But you can actually read that another way. And other translations will use not the

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 word afraid, but that Elijah saw and he arose and ran for his life. And that changes things for us.

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 It's a subtle change. But it changes things for us in the way that we see Elijah's life here.

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 What was it that Elijah was seeing? What was he seeing around him that made him run?

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 And run to where he went as God led him, even without his realizing?

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 Well, Elijah was seeing a people who were disobedient to God.

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 A people who were out to get him and any who worshipped God.

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 A people who were unresponsive to God, despite all that they had seen and heard of him.

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 All the miraculous things that they'd seen. Elijah calling down fire and fire coming upon the altar.

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 Rain coming when it hadn't rained for so long. And yet when Elijah prayed, the rain came.

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 And you would say to yourself, well, surely they will see God.

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 And yet what do we find the familiar problem? It doesn't seem to matter what we do or say at times.

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 Nothing seems to change people's hearts.

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 There is often the problem of frustration.

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 Frustration in seeing a people just turning blindly away from God.

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 Not heeding anything that we or anyone would say to them.

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 No matter how much you warn, no matter how much you say, no matter how much you maybe feel you're praying for them.

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 Nothing seems to make a difference.

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 I've heard people say, you have been encouraged under God's word.

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 How can people not believe?

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 And yet we know that unless the Lord opens their heart and the spirit awakes, that they cannot see.

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 But sometimes it's a frustration.

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 And that's a frustration that Elijah had here as well.

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 He was looking around.

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 He was seeing what was happening.

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 He was feeling alone in it all.

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 And he ran away.

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 Ran for his life.

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 Came to Beersheba.

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 And we ask ourselves, what are we to do in our situation of frustration?

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 Where are we to go?

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 Well, we are to take it to the Lord.

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 Elijah and his frustration goes away.

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 So that Jezebel might not have victory over him.

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 He is saying to the Lord, Lord, you deal with my life.

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 Don't let my enemy take it from me.

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 You take it.

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 But what we see is the Lord has a different plan.

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 Elijah's initial frustration may have the wrong motives.

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 But what it does is it has the right results.

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 And Elijah here, he comes away.

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 He comes away from the situation for a time.

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 And in coming away from the situation.

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 He begins to realize, even without realizing, God is working alongside him.

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 And what you see is, as he goes on this journey through the wilderness, as he comes to the broom tree, as he has all this somber feeling upon him and the frustrations weighing heavy upon him, the Lord comes to him.

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 In verse 5, it says, he lay down and slept under a broom tree.

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 And behold, an angel touched him and said to him, arise and eat.

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 And his frustration in all that was going on.

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 And his frustration in all that was going on.

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 The Lord remembered him.

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 He gave him encouragement.

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 He gave him something to eat.

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 But he spoke.

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 He gave him a word.

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 In verse 7, we see the same thing happening.

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 The angel of the Lord came again a second time and touched him and said, arise and eat.

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 For the journey is too great for you.

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 What journey, we might ask.

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 What journey was Elijah on?

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 Had he planned this?

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 No, but the Lord had.

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 The Lord was taking him to a place where he would show him who he was and give him a powerful reminder.

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 He came away.

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 It may have been in the wrong way initially, but it was for the right outcome.

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 And there's a lesson for that in us too.

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 There are times maybe when we have this sense of frustration in the way things are going.

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 And frustration can easily eat away.

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 Frustration can easily cause division.

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 And we have to guard against it.

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 And the way to guard against it is to sometimes just take a step back.

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 Take a step away and allow the Lord to help us get things in perspective.

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 When you look at the life of Christ Jesus, not that he was frustrated in things,

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 but you see the lessons you learn from him, that he often took time away for himself in prayer with the Father.

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 In the midst of everything that was going on and all the people who were crowding around,

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 wanting to hear him, wanting his touch, wanting his healing,

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 the Lord Jesus took time away to spend with the Father.

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 And there's a great lesson in that for ourselves too.

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 In our frustrations, we can easily allow them to boil over.

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 But instead, we are to take them to the Lord.

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 Elijah's problem is met with God's provision.

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 And God reminds us often that he provides for us in every way.

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 And it's no coincidence where this journey takes Elijah.

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 As you see in verse 8,

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 He arose and ate and drank and went in the strength of that food,

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 40 days and 40 nights to Horeb, the Mount of God.

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 The place of God's blessing.

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 A place that Moses had known in his own past as well.

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 In Exodus chapter 3, verse 1, it says,

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 Now when Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian,

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 he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness,

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 and he came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

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 It was a place where God reminds his people in the Old Testament of his covenant,

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 of his promise,

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 and a place where God provides and helps them to go on in his strength.

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 And it's a reminder to us to keep coming back to the provision that God has made for us.

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 To keep coming back to his word.

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 To keep coming back to the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 To keep returning with, yes, sometimes all our frustrations,

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 but faithfully coming to God who is able to provide.

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 Charles Swindle, in one of his books called One Step Forward, Two Steps Back,

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 he says this,

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 Every problem is an opportunity to prove God's power.

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 Every day we encounter countless golden opportunities,

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 brilliantly disguised as insurmountable problems.

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 So do we see problems or do we see opportunities?

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 Are we frustrated or are we faithful?

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 If we're frustrated, we'll see insurmountable problems.

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 But the more we are faithful, the more we will see golden opportunities.

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 We take our frustrations to the Lord.

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 The Lord of the covenant.

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 The Lord of promise.

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 We come through Jesus Christ.

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 Through that place that has been opened up for us.

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 Through the way that is the Lord Jesus.

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 Elijah's problems were met with God's provision.

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 And so can our problems be met with God's provision too,

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 if we faithfully come to him.

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 But then we have the second lesson in Elijah's life here.

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 And then we see Elijah's passion and God's promise.

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 Having journeyed to the Mount Horeb, God then asks Elijah a question.

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 We see that in verse 9.

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 He asks him, what are you doing here, Elijah?

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 And again, some take this as a rebuke.

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 What are you doing here?

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 This is not the place you should be.

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 But rather than seeing it a question of rebuke,

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 you should maybe see it more as a question of concern.

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 That God is concerned for Elijah.

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 God is concerned for the burdens that he has.

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 God is interested in what he is doing.

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 And when he asks this question,

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 God is giving Elijah the chance to respond.

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 And as Elijah responds,

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 what we see is his great passion.

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 What brings Elijah here?

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 What is his response in verse 10?

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 He says,

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 I have been very jealous for the Lord,

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 the God of hosts.

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 For the people of Israel have forsaken your covenant,

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 thrown down your altars.

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 They've killed your prophets with a sword.

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 And I, even I only am left.

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 And they seek my life to take it away.

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 You see here, yes, his frustration,

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 but also his passion.

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 He's hurting.

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 He's hurting.

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 He's hurting over unrepentant sinners.

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 He's hurting and upset over their indifference to God.

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 And do you read verse 10?

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 Do you see him complaining or compassionate?

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 He's compassionate.

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 He's concerned.

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 And his great concern,

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 he's jealous for the Lord's cause.

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 The Lord's cause is what is so important to him.

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 He wants to see God's cause flourish.

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 We see here Elijah's passion.

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 And as we do,

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 we ask ourselves,

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 is that the same passion that we have?

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 As we look around ourselves,

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 as we look and see what is around us

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 and the people that are around us,

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 do we have this passion?

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 Are we jealous for the Lord?

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 Are we jealous for the people that we see around us?

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 Do we see that indifference?

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 How they have forsaken his covenant,

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 thrown down his altars.

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 There's no worship of God.

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 Are we more concerned about what we want ourselves out of church

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 or what we are putting in?

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 Are we jealous for the Lord?

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 Do we have that passion for him?

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 Twice here,

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 you see the same question asked,

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 verse 9 and 10,

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 and then verse 13 and 14.

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 And each time Elijah's answer is the same.

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 He is jealous for the Lord's cause.

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 He has a passion.

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 And do we have this passion for the Lord's work

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 and the lost souls around us?

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 In this,

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 God's reminder is that he is pleasant with Elijah.

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 He feels alone.

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 He feels frustrated,

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 but God is saying,

00:21:10.860 --> 00:21:11.279
 Elijah,

00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:12.980
 I am with you.

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 Not in the amazing,

00:21:16.259 --> 00:21:18.700
 wondrous signs of the earthquake

00:21:18.700 --> 00:21:20.279
 or the fire or the wind,

00:21:20.940 --> 00:21:22.160
 but in the still,

00:21:22.380 --> 00:21:23.420
 small voice.

00:21:24.860 --> 00:21:26.000
 God is speaking.

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 And as somebody said,

00:21:29.539 --> 00:21:30.860
 faith can be content

00:21:30.860 --> 00:21:33.019
 with the word of God

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 and not with the one that assigns.

00:21:36.579 --> 00:21:39.039
 Because God's word is living and active.

00:21:39.960 --> 00:21:41.420
 God's word is powerful.

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 That's what Elijah is being reminded of here.

00:21:45.359 --> 00:21:47.680
 That's what we are being reminded of too.

00:21:48.639 --> 00:21:49.940
 God reminds him,

00:21:50.420 --> 00:21:51.339
 I am with you.

00:21:51.660 --> 00:21:53.099
 And he reminds him too

00:21:53.099 --> 00:21:55.279
 that he is not alone

00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:57.220
 in the question that he says,

00:21:57.359 --> 00:21:57.619
 I,

00:21:57.759 --> 00:21:58.379
 even I,

00:21:58.500 --> 00:21:59.420
 only am left.

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 God says,

00:22:00.560 --> 00:22:00.759
 no,

00:22:01.620 --> 00:22:04.019
 I have 7,000 more

00:22:04.019 --> 00:22:06.380
 who have not bowed the knee to Baal.

00:22:06.740 --> 00:22:08.019
 You are not alone.

00:22:09.259 --> 00:22:10.800
 And we are not alone.

00:22:11.600 --> 00:22:13.180
 We are all in this together.

00:22:14.200 --> 00:22:16.539
 As we've heard in our prayers this evening,

00:22:17.100 --> 00:22:18.120
 prayers for unity,

00:22:18.740 --> 00:22:19.800
 prayer for togetherness,

00:22:19.940 --> 00:22:21.980
 prayer for going forward together

00:22:21.980 --> 00:22:23.140
 in all of these ways,

00:22:23.220 --> 00:22:24.400
 we remind ourselves

00:22:24.400 --> 00:22:25.960
 we are together,

00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:29.019
 brothers and sisters in Christ.

00:22:29.019 --> 00:22:30.700
 bringing,

00:22:30.980 --> 00:22:31.519
 yes,

00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:33.299
 our frustrations at times,

00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:35.539
 bringing them to God in prayer

00:22:35.539 --> 00:22:38.639
 and remembering what God can do.

00:22:39.839 --> 00:22:41.559
 The missionary Hudson Taylor

00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:43.000
 went to China

00:22:43.000 --> 00:22:45.200
 many years ago.

00:22:46.279 --> 00:22:47.940
 We had a complete trust

00:22:47.940 --> 00:22:50.160
 in God's faithfulness.

00:22:50.980 --> 00:22:51.960
 And in his journal,

00:22:52.119 --> 00:22:53.339
 he once wrote this,

00:22:54.420 --> 00:22:55.639
 our heavenly father

00:22:55.639 --> 00:22:57.700
 is a very experienced one.

00:22:57.700 --> 00:22:59.600
 He knows very well

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 that his children

00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:02.080
 wake up with a good appetite

00:23:02.080 --> 00:23:03.000
 every morning.

00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:05.279
 He sustained

00:23:05.279 --> 00:23:06.819
 3 million Israelites

00:23:06.819 --> 00:23:07.539
 in the wilderness

00:23:07.539 --> 00:23:08.840
 for 40 years.

00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:11.519
 We do not expect

00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:12.299
 he will send

00:23:12.299 --> 00:23:13.920
 3 million missionaries

00:23:13.920 --> 00:23:14.600
 to China.

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 But he said,

00:23:16.720 --> 00:23:17.279
 if he did,

00:23:17.980 --> 00:23:19.340
 he would have ample means

00:23:19.340 --> 00:23:20.940
 to sustain them all.

00:23:20.940 --> 00:23:23.539
 going on to say then,

00:23:24.100 --> 00:23:25.140
 depend on it.

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 God's work done

00:23:27.160 --> 00:23:28.360
 in God's way

00:23:28.360 --> 00:23:30.039
 will never lack

00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:31.840
 God's supply.

00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:34.059
 He trusted

00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:37.019
 in God's faithfulness.

00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:38.980
 And Elijah is here

00:23:38.980 --> 00:23:40.980
 encouraged to do likewise.

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:43.180
 As you see in verse 15,

00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:44.519
 the Lord said to him,

00:23:45.019 --> 00:23:45.480
 go,

00:23:45.940 --> 00:23:47.160
 return on your way

00:23:47.160 --> 00:23:47.860
 to the wilderness

00:23:47.859 --> 00:23:48.959
 of Damascus.

00:23:49.639 --> 00:23:51.240
 He puts him back.

00:23:51.319 --> 00:23:51.759
 He's saying,

00:23:51.899 --> 00:23:52.859
 you are not alone.

00:23:53.479 --> 00:23:54.599
 I am with you.

00:23:55.899 --> 00:23:57.299
 Yes, Elijah,

00:23:57.619 --> 00:23:59.359
 you've been frustrated.

00:24:00.500 --> 00:24:01.779
 But keep on

00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:03.459
 being faithful.

00:24:05.459 --> 00:24:06.819
 Do you get frustrated

00:24:06.819 --> 00:24:08.699
 in the work

00:24:08.699 --> 00:24:09.959
 sometimes?

00:24:10.859 --> 00:24:13.019
 Are there frustrations

00:24:13.019 --> 00:24:14.240
 that you feel even now

00:24:14.240 --> 00:24:15.219
 in the work

00:24:15.219 --> 00:24:15.959
 of the gospel?

00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:18.900
 You know,

00:24:18.940 --> 00:24:20.220
 I hope you do.

00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:23.120
 Because if you're frustrated,

00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:24.680
 it's a sign

00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:25.660
 you want greater.

00:24:26.500 --> 00:24:27.340
 It's a sign

00:24:27.340 --> 00:24:28.160
 you want greater

00:24:28.160 --> 00:24:29.440
 things from God

00:24:29.440 --> 00:24:30.240
 and you want

00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:31.220
 greater things

00:24:31.220 --> 00:24:32.500
 for God.

00:24:33.340 --> 00:24:34.160
 The day

00:24:34.160 --> 00:24:35.200
 we're satisfied

00:24:35.200 --> 00:24:37.039
 with what we have

00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:38.140
 is the day

00:24:38.140 --> 00:24:39.079
 we should be troubled.

00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:40.960
 While there are

00:24:40.960 --> 00:24:41.819
 lost people

00:24:41.819 --> 00:24:42.620
 around us,

00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:44.380
 we are to be frustrated.

00:24:44.380 --> 00:24:46.260
 We are to be jealous

00:24:46.260 --> 00:24:47.140
 for the cause

00:24:47.140 --> 00:24:47.800
 of the Lord,

00:24:48.460 --> 00:24:50.200
 praying more earnestly

00:24:50.200 --> 00:24:50.780
 to him

00:24:50.780 --> 00:24:52.080
 that he would bring

00:24:52.080 --> 00:24:52.740
 them in,

00:24:53.640 --> 00:24:54.480
 being jealous

00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:56.080
 for his cause

00:24:56.080 --> 00:24:58.080
 and in our frustrations

00:24:58.080 --> 00:25:00.180
 faithfully coming

00:25:00.180 --> 00:25:01.460
 to God.

00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:03.820
 There are so many

00:25:03.820 --> 00:25:05.440
 stories told

00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:06.760
 by God's people

00:25:06.760 --> 00:25:08.120
 down through

00:25:08.120 --> 00:25:09.160
 all the years

00:25:09.160 --> 00:25:09.820
 of time,

00:25:10.380 --> 00:25:11.280
 down through

00:25:11.280 --> 00:25:12.420
 every generation,

00:25:12.420 --> 00:25:13.380
 people who

00:25:13.380 --> 00:25:14.120
 experienced

00:25:14.120 --> 00:25:14.759
 hardships

00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:15.500
 for the Lord,

00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:16.100
 suffered

00:25:16.100 --> 00:25:17.480
 for the Lord.

00:25:17.980 --> 00:25:18.500
 You read

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:19.840
 biographies

00:25:19.840 --> 00:25:20.980
 and autobiographies

00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:22.360
 about Christians

00:25:22.360 --> 00:25:23.380
 serving God

00:25:23.380 --> 00:25:24.220
 in all parts

00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:24.960
 of the world.

00:25:25.400 --> 00:25:25.900
 So many

00:25:25.900 --> 00:25:26.380
 different

00:25:26.380 --> 00:25:27.340
 experiences.

00:25:28.220 --> 00:25:28.880
 One lady

00:25:28.880 --> 00:25:29.740
 called Helen

00:25:29.740 --> 00:25:30.340
 Rosevia,

00:25:30.880 --> 00:25:31.740
 she was a missionary

00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:32.600
 in the African

00:25:32.600 --> 00:25:33.180
 Congo

00:25:33.180 --> 00:25:34.560
 and she was

00:25:34.560 --> 00:25:35.440
 taken prisoner

00:25:35.440 --> 00:25:36.560
 for a time

00:25:36.560 --> 00:25:37.660
 in 1964.

00:25:38.900 --> 00:25:39.740
 She suffered

00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:40.420
 much at the

00:25:40.420 --> 00:25:40.860
 hands

00:25:40.859 --> 00:25:41.759
 of those

00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:42.159
 who took

00:25:42.159 --> 00:25:42.779
 her captive.

00:25:42.899 --> 00:25:43.399
 She suffered

00:25:43.399 --> 00:25:43.959
 terribly

00:25:43.959 --> 00:25:45.639
 and she found

00:25:45.639 --> 00:25:46.479
 herself asking

00:25:46.479 --> 00:25:47.199
 the question

00:25:47.199 --> 00:25:47.740
 over these

00:25:47.740 --> 00:25:48.639
 days,

00:25:48.719 --> 00:25:49.240
 she was saying,

00:25:49.359 --> 00:25:50.179
 is it worth

00:25:50.179 --> 00:25:50.519
 it?

00:25:51.939 --> 00:25:52.559
 In all her

00:25:52.559 --> 00:25:52.979
 suffering,

00:25:53.039 --> 00:25:53.639
 she was asking,

00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:54.819
 is it worth

00:25:54.819 --> 00:25:55.079
 it?

00:25:55.879 --> 00:25:56.439
 But then

00:25:56.439 --> 00:25:57.599
 as the days

00:25:57.599 --> 00:25:58.299
 were going on

00:25:58.299 --> 00:25:58.719
 and she was

00:25:58.719 --> 00:25:59.939
 thinking through

00:25:59.939 --> 00:26:00.679
 all of these

00:26:00.679 --> 00:26:01.019
 thoughts,

00:26:01.099 --> 00:26:01.519
 she started

00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:02.179
 to count

00:26:02.179 --> 00:26:02.699
 and look at

00:26:02.699 --> 00:26:03.379
 the cost

00:26:03.379 --> 00:26:04.519
 of following

00:26:04.519 --> 00:26:05.179
 Jesus.

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:06.399
 But she

00:26:06.399 --> 00:26:07.179
 sensed God

00:26:07.179 --> 00:26:08.000
 speaking to

00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:08.219
 her and

00:26:08.219 --> 00:26:09.099
 reassuring her.

00:26:09.099 --> 00:26:10.480
 And years

00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:10.859
 later,

00:26:10.859 --> 00:26:11.619
 she explained

00:26:11.619 --> 00:26:12.119
 it in this

00:26:12.119 --> 00:26:12.319
 way.

00:26:12.399 --> 00:26:12.759
 She said,

00:26:13.319 --> 00:26:13.959
 when the

00:26:13.959 --> 00:26:15.000
 awful moments

00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.799
 came during

00:26:15.799 --> 00:26:16.419
 the rebellion

00:26:16.419 --> 00:26:17.159
 and the

00:26:17.159 --> 00:26:17.980
 price seemed

00:26:17.980 --> 00:26:18.740
 too high

00:26:18.740 --> 00:26:19.419
 to pay,

00:26:20.439 --> 00:26:20.939
 the Lord

00:26:20.939 --> 00:26:21.480
 seemed to

00:26:21.480 --> 00:26:21.759
 say,

00:26:21.819 --> 00:26:21.919
 me,

00:26:22.039 --> 00:26:22.639
 change the

00:26:22.639 --> 00:26:23.199
 question.

00:26:23.919 --> 00:26:24.559
 It's not,

00:26:24.699 --> 00:26:25.459
 is it worth

00:26:25.459 --> 00:26:25.779
 it?

00:26:26.319 --> 00:26:26.679
 It's,

00:26:26.959 --> 00:26:27.279
 am I

00:26:27.279 --> 00:26:27.779
 worthy?

00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:29.619
 And she

00:26:29.619 --> 00:26:30.259
 concluded,

00:26:30.779 --> 00:26:31.240
 in spite of

00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:31.740
 everything she

00:26:31.740 --> 00:26:32.399
 had suffered,

00:26:32.899 --> 00:26:33.699
 always the

00:26:33.699 --> 00:26:34.519
 answer is,

00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:35.099
 yes,

00:26:35.819 --> 00:26:36.480
 he is

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.459
 worthy.

00:26:37.460 --> 00:26:39.539
 And you

00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:39.900
 see with

00:26:39.900 --> 00:26:40.980
 Elijah here,

00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:42.059
 through all

00:26:42.059 --> 00:26:42.519
 that he was

00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:43.039
 suffering,

00:26:43.579 --> 00:26:44.019
 he's able

00:26:44.019 --> 00:26:44.600
 to say,

00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:45.600
 he is

00:26:45.600 --> 00:26:46.059
 worthy.

00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:48.240
 He is

00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:49.460
 worthy to

00:26:49.460 --> 00:26:50.299
 be praised,

00:26:50.819 --> 00:26:51.460
 for he is a

00:26:51.460 --> 00:26:52.200
 great and a

00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:53.299
 glorious God.

00:26:54.640 --> 00:26:55.120
 And as we

00:26:55.120 --> 00:26:55.740
 think of our

00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:56.940
 own way of

00:26:56.940 --> 00:26:57.840
 living here,

00:26:58.600 --> 00:26:59.279
 as we think

00:26:59.279 --> 00:27:00.019
 of serving

00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:00.680
 the Lord,

00:27:01.880 --> 00:27:02.319
 is it

00:27:02.319 --> 00:27:03.019
 worth it?

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:05.019
 Well,

00:27:05.079 --> 00:27:05.460
 he is

00:27:05.460 --> 00:27:05.920
 worthy.

00:27:05.920 --> 00:27:05.960
 worthy.

00:27:07.140 --> 00:27:07.560
 He is

00:27:07.560 --> 00:27:08.920
 worthy of

00:27:08.920 --> 00:27:09.900
 all of

00:27:09.900 --> 00:27:10.600
 our giving.

00:27:11.680 --> 00:27:12.259
 In the

00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:12.580
 book of

00:27:12.580 --> 00:27:13.200
 Revelation,

00:27:13.880 --> 00:27:14.560
 you see

00:27:14.560 --> 00:27:15.340
 there gathered

00:27:15.340 --> 00:27:16.100
 around the

00:27:16.100 --> 00:27:16.420
 throne,

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:16.900
 a great

00:27:16.900 --> 00:27:17.980
 crowd in

00:27:17.980 --> 00:27:18.340
 a loud

00:27:18.340 --> 00:27:19.100
 voice saying,

00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:20.440
 worthy is

00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:21.080
 the Lamb

00:27:21.080 --> 00:27:21.500
 who was

00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:22.000
 slain,

00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:22.860
 to receive

00:27:22.860 --> 00:27:23.640
 power and

00:27:23.640 --> 00:27:24.220
 wealth and

00:27:24.220 --> 00:27:24.900
 wisdom and

00:27:24.900 --> 00:27:25.860
 strength and

00:27:25.860 --> 00:27:26.560
 honor and

00:27:26.560 --> 00:27:27.220
 glory and

00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:27.860
 praise.

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:29.600
 And that

00:27:29.600 --> 00:27:29.920
 is the

00:27:29.920 --> 00:27:31.000
 one who

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:31.759
 we serve.

00:27:32.860 --> 00:27:33.200
 Yes,

00:27:33.300 --> 00:27:34.279
 frustrated at

00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:34.940
 times.

00:27:36.299 --> 00:27:36.899
 And rightly

00:27:36.899 --> 00:27:38.879
 so, but

00:27:38.879 --> 00:27:39.220
 may our

00:27:39.220 --> 00:27:40.059
 frustrations

00:27:40.059 --> 00:27:41.500
 be jealous

00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:42.039
 for the

00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:42.399
 Lord,

00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:44.839
 concerned for

00:27:44.839 --> 00:27:45.559
 the lost,

00:27:46.119 --> 00:27:47.240
 concerned for

00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:48.339
 his cause,

00:27:49.180 --> 00:27:49.700
 and may it

00:27:49.700 --> 00:27:50.319
 bring us to

00:27:50.319 --> 00:27:51.119
 be faithful,

00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:52.879
 to faithfully

00:27:52.879 --> 00:27:53.579
 serve,

00:27:54.559 --> 00:27:55.899
 remembering we

00:27:55.899 --> 00:27:56.240
 are not

00:27:56.240 --> 00:27:56.639
 alone.

00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:58.539
 God is with

00:27:58.539 --> 00:27:59.000
 us.

00:27:59.000 --> 00:28:00.140
 and in

00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:00.940
 this place

00:28:00.940 --> 00:28:02.099
 he has

00:28:02.099 --> 00:28:02.880
 his people.

00:28:03.619 --> 00:28:03.980
 Let us

00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:04.759
 be faithful

00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:06.160
 and passionate,

00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:07.660
 taking our

00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:08.539
 frustration to

00:28:08.539 --> 00:28:09.059
 the Lord,

00:28:09.819 --> 00:28:10.660
 being reminded

00:28:10.660 --> 00:28:12.140
 that he is a

00:28:12.140 --> 00:28:12.720
 God of

00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:13.980
 faithful covenant

00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:14.779
 promise.

00:28:15.619 --> 00:28:16.299
 May we meet

00:28:16.299 --> 00:28:16.880
 with him

00:28:16.880 --> 00:28:18.359
 day by day,

00:28:19.059 --> 00:28:19.380
 put our

00:28:19.380 --> 00:28:20.400
 trust in him

00:28:20.400 --> 00:28:21.400
 and go

00:28:21.400 --> 00:28:22.799
 forward in

00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:23.740
 his strength.

00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:24.539
 Let us

00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:24.839
 pray.

00:28:24.839 --> 00:28:28.179
 our

00:28:28.179 --> 00:28:28.879
 Father in

00:28:28.879 --> 00:28:29.279
 heaven,

00:28:29.399 --> 00:28:29.919
 we thank

00:28:29.919 --> 00:28:30.299
 you that

00:28:30.299 --> 00:28:31.000
 we learn

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:31.559
 so much

00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:31.919
 through the

00:28:31.919 --> 00:28:32.799
 experience of

00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:33.579
 your people.

00:28:33.899 --> 00:28:34.639
 We learn

00:28:34.639 --> 00:28:35.019
 through the

00:28:35.019 --> 00:28:35.659
 experience of

00:28:35.659 --> 00:28:36.279
 your people

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:37.679
 throughout your

00:28:37.679 --> 00:28:38.179
 scripture.

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 We thank you

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 for Elijah,

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 for the way

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 he served

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 you,

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 for the way

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 he was

00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:44.259
 faithful to

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 you,

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 and even

00:28:45.639 --> 00:28:45.899
 in his

00:28:45.899 --> 00:28:46.599
 frustration,

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 the way

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 you restored

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 him and

00:28:49.579 --> 00:28:50.039
 brought him

00:28:50.039 --> 00:28:50.519
 back to

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 yourself to

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 see your

00:28:52.619 --> 00:28:53.159
 glory,

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 to go

00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.759
 on serving

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 you in

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 his strength.

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 We thank

00:28:57.180 --> 00:28:57.500
 you for the

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 many you

00:28:57.920 --> 00:28:58.480
 have called

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 to serve

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 you.

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 In many

00:29:00.120 --> 00:29:00.900
 different parts

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 of the

00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:01.420
 world,

00:29:01.480 --> 00:29:01.800
 we have so

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 many great

00:29:02.300 --> 00:29:03.380
 examples to

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 us.

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 We thank

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:05.460
 you above

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:05.779
 all,

00:29:05.880 --> 00:29:05.960
 Lord,

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 that you

00:29:06.259 --> 00:29:07.180
 have called

00:29:07.180 --> 00:29:07.600
 each of

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 us to

00:29:08.080 --> 00:29:08.720
 serve you.

00:29:09.340 --> 00:29:09.840
 We all

00:29:09.840 --> 00:29:10.320
 have a

00:29:10.320 --> 00:29:10.860
 part to

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 play.

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 We all

00:29:12.380 --> 00:29:13.480
 have the

00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:14.200
 experience of

00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:14.940
 frustrations

00:29:14.940 --> 00:29:15.500
 in this

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:15.940
 life.

00:29:16.700 --> 00:29:17.019
 But we

00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:17.380
 thank you

00:29:17.380 --> 00:29:17.560
 that we

00:29:17.560 --> 00:29:17.920
 are all

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 too called

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 to be

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 faithful to

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 you.

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 So may

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 you encourage

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 us and

00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:23.340
 strengthen

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 us and

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 help us

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 to that

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 end to

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 be

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 faithful

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 and to

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 pray to

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 the God

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 who is

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 able,

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 one who

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 is able to

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 do abundantly

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 more than

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 we ask

00:29:33.140 --> 00:29:34.000
 or imagine.

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 Make us

00:29:35.020 --> 00:29:36.040
 jealous for

00:29:36.040 --> 00:29:36.960
 your cause

00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:38.040
 as we ask

00:29:38.040 --> 00:29:38.580
 it all in

00:29:38.580 --> 00:29:39.400
 Jesus' name.

00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:40.400
 Amen.

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 We're

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 going

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 to