Friday Faithfuls Two: 1 Kings

 Posted by Lisa Laree to Beer Lahai Roi

Back again after  a crazy weekend; we had a great Christmas production run but that was ALL I DID, lol.

But now I've perused 1 Kings in my little flying skim through the Bible looking for verses that resonate and tonight the one that had me doing a 'Hmm....' pause was 1 Kings 19:18

"Yet I have reserved seven thousand in Israel -- all whose knees have not bowed down to Baal and all whose mouths have not kissed him."

 Elijah had just had his run in with Jezebel after the slaughter of the priests of Baal at Mount Carmel.  He'd traveled all the way to Mt Horeb (Sinai?) and complained to God that he was the only one left of the prophets, and those in power were after his life, too.

God spoke to Elijah's concerns and gave him instructions about where to go next...and then declared  that there are 7,000 folks in Israel who have not bowed down to Jezebel's god.

Elijah was not alone.Now, maybe if there had been social media back then, he'd've had online groups with likeminded folks and known that there were others out there.  But I'm guessing that Ahab would've found a way to cancel those folks anyway.  It's rough, when you feel like you are alone.  

But you know...we never are.  God knows were all his people are, and he's always ready to deploy them when needed.  He was, in fact, about to send Elisha alongside Elijah.

Elijah was not alone ever again after that moment.  Even when he wanted to be.  Elisha was with him like stink on a dog....and there were 6,999 others who were just as faithful to the command of God.

Some of those would become the school of prophets that Elijah and Elisha taught.

It's never as bad as it looks; God knows where his people are.