The Anointing of Elijah Today - The Call of the Elijah Generation

Pr Anand Kumar
07-05-2017

It was the work of the Holy Spirit that brought unity. Only God could bring us together and bring unity.

1 Kings 17-18

1 Kings 17New International Version (NIV)
Elijah Announces a Great Drought

17 Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe[a] in Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, whom I serve, there will be neither dew nor rain in the next few years except at my word.”

Elijah Fed by Ravens

2 Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah: 3 “Leave here, turn eastward and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. 4 You will drink from the brook, and I have directed the ravens to supply you with food there.”

5 So he did what the Lord had told him. He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there. 6 The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.

Elijah and the Widow at Zarephath

7 Some time later the brook dried up because there had been no rain in the land. 8 Then the word of the Lord came to him: 9 “Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there. I have directed a widow there to supply you with food.” 10 So he went to Zarephath. When he came to the town gate, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her and asked, “Would you bring me a little water in a jar so I may have a drink?” 11 As she was going to get it, he called, “And bring me, please, a piece of bread.”

12 “As surely as the Lord your God lives,” she replied, “I don’t have any bread—only a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. I am gathering a few sticks to take home and make a meal for myself and my son, that we may eat it—and die.”

13 Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid. Go home and do as you have said. But first make a small loaf of bread for me from what you have and bring it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son. 14 For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the Lord sends rain on the land.’”

15 She went away and did as Elijah had told her. So there was food every day for Elijah and for the woman and her family. 16 For the jar of flour was not used up and the jug of oil did not run dry, in keeping with the word of the Lord spoken by Elijah.

17 Some time later the son of the woman who owned the house became ill. He grew worse and worse, and finally stopped breathing. 18 She said to Elijah, “What do you have against me, man of God? Did you come to remind me of my sin and kill my son?”

19 “Give me your son,” Elijah replied. He took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his bed. 20 Then he cried out to the Lord, “Lord my God, have you brought tragedy even on this widow I am staying with, by causing her son to die?”21 Then he stretched himself out on the boy three times and cried out to the Lord, “Lord my God, let this boy’s life return to him!”

22 The Lord heard Elijah’s cry, and the boy’s life returned to him, and he lived. 23 Elijah picked up the child and carried him down from the room into the house. He gave him to his mother and said, “Look, your son is alive!”

24 Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the Lord from your mouth is the truth.”

What is the call of the Elijah generation?

It was God's anointing upon Elijah. Elijah had a call.

The call of the Elijah generation was a call towards Godliness. Attitude results in action that is pleasing with God. He was devoted to God. 

Elijah's call was to promote godliness in his time. It was a time of spiritual decay. The nation turned to worship Baal. Seven kings had reigned and all were evil. Ahab married Jezebel. She brought idolatory--the worship of Baal. The people of God turned away from God to worship Baal--the god of fertility and productivity.

Baal worship included a lot of offering and sacrifice, including the sacrifice of children and sexual immorality.

One of the modern Baal worship today is abortion. Abortion is murder. It is shedding innocent blood. Sexual immorality causes the young people to fall and get into abortion. 

One of the deep root problems of sexual immorality is addiction to pornography.

This is the season and the time that we are living in.

The church must rise up to righteousness.

Parents sponsor the internet and smartphones, ipads, tablets. But who monitor the children when they fall into pornography? The church will have to rise up to be God-focused and promote Godliness and be a family model so that the young could see. Parents have to take responsibility to monitor them.

Together as a church, we rise up to the call of Godliness in a season and a time when the nation is declining.

Elijah prpmoted Godliness through the courage to pray. Courage is where we face our fear and do the right thing and lean on His strength. Elijah found his courage to stand before Ahab and before 450 of Baal worshippers. (v1) He stood based on the Word of God. In Deuteronomy 11- Blessing for obedience, curses for disobedience.

While Elijah was physically standing before Ahab, he was standing before God. In the spiritual realm, we operate based on God's Word--a proclamation prayer means pray based on God's Word.

James 5:16b
The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word pf God and the Word was with God. The Word was God.

Jesus is our righteousness.

Elijah proclaimed the Word of God through his prayer. These are the days of Elijah declaring the Word of the Lord.

Matthew 6:10
Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Your kingdom come, Your will be done.

Elijah was praying through a prophetic prayer. He began to wait on God and began to listen to God.

Elijah promoted Godliness through his walk in obedience.

God's supernatural provision took place as he obeyed God. Elijah was fed by ravens in Cherith.

The supernatural release of God's power, most often in direct response to revelation given to one or more of His people.

It is God who comes through as we step up and step out to obey Him. In relying on Him, it is God who provides all our needs. We can all obey. We can all pray.

As we rise up as an Elijah generation to obey, God can be glorified.

It is in obedience to God that He comes through in our testimony to glorify Him and Him alone.

Rise up to the call of the Elijah generation. Join those who are walking in Godliness. Join those who are already praying. There is an Elisha watching and looking. Elisha will rise up in double anointing doing greater things. As a church, we model this.

Let's do this together.

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