Lord help me believe and speak the truth – Monday, Jan 6, 2020

Then the woman said to Elijah, “Now by this I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is the truth.” 1 Kings 17:24

The Word of God in our mouth is more powerful and mighty than anything else. Elijah had just raised the widow woman’s son from the dead by praying and interceding to the Father. If we were to read the entirety of 1 Kings 17 we would see this is certainly not the first miracle this widow woman had experienced. She meets Elijah first when she is gathering wood to bake cakes of bread for herself and her son. It was to be their last meal, but the man of God said bring me some first. In her obedience she did and her family survived many days.

How often do we see God moving in our lives, but we neglect to see it is a move for us? Did this widow woman really believe her survival was only tied to serving Elijah? Would we?

And she said to Elijah, What have you against me, O man of God? Have you come to me to call my sin to remembrance and to slay my son? 1 Kings 17:18

You see it’s all too easy to look inside ourselves and see things we aren’t happy about or proud of, but when God looks at us He instead sees us through the lens of Jesus. Our redeemer has made us white as snow. Not once did Elijah mention this woman’s sin, nor did he say that her son’s death was punishment for wrongdoing. In fact, his word to her was that as long as the famine and drought persisted there would be food, but oftentimes we feel our blessings are tied to performance or being ‘good enough’ to receive. Elijah praying for her son and the miracle of her sons’ resurrection was something God did just for her benefit, and when she saw God cared for her and for her son personally she said that the word in Elijahs’ mouth was the truth.

As believers, we often still think like the widow woman, but we can also think and act like Elijah. Part of bringing the truth of the Word to people is sharing (and showing) them that God loves them as individuals, and this love isn’t tied to performance or being ‘good enough’. As we reach others with this truth and show them through our acts of service and words the personal nature of the Fathers’ love it becomes clearer to us just how deeply the father cares for us as well.

that the world may know and [definitely] recognize that You sent Me and that You have loved them [even] as You have loved Me. John 17:23

Activation prayer– Lord help me renew my mind to think more in line with the truth of the Word. I ask you to lead me to places where I can speak the truth today and share the truth of Your great love. In Jesus’ name, Amen.