“…How long will you go limping between two different opinions?
If the Lord is God, follow Him…”
I Kings 18:21
I hope you have been looking at your table this week and thinking about who is sitting there. Besides eating and making memories at my table, it has also become the place I have my quiet time with the Lord and do my Bible Study. I have spent many hours sitting at this table with a cup of coffee and my Bible open before me.
There is a story in the Bible in 1 Kings 18 (For passage, click HERE) that shows how the ones that sat at the queen’s table influenced the people of Israel. Elijah, a prophet of God, lived during the reign of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel in the kingdom of Israel. Jezebel is remembered as the wickedest woman in the Bible. She fed the false prophets of Baal at her table every day. These prophets influenced the people of Israel to turn away from the one true God.
Elijah challenged King Ahab and the people of Israel to decide who they would follow, the one true God or Baal. In 1 Kings 18:19-21:
Now therefore send and gather all Israel to me at Mount Carmel,
and the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal, who eat at Jezebel’s table.
So Ahab sent to all the people of Israel and gathered the prophets together at Mount Carmel.
And Elijah came near to all the people and said,
“How long will you go limping between two different opinions?
If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, then follow him.”
And the people did not answer him a word.
Elijah challenged the prophets of Baal that had been eating at the queen’s table every day to a contest. Elijah and the prophets of Baal would each prepare an altar with a bull and whichever god answered by fire then he is the true God. The contest is ON between Elijah and the prophets of Baal who sat at the Queen’s table!
Tune in next time for the rest of the story!
Tune in next time for the rest of the story!
In the meantime, ponder this: Is there a seat for Jesus Christ at your table? Continue examining who is sitting at your table.
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