The journey of yesterday had me sitting in “a schoolhouse” which was planted in the middle of the path my journey has me taking.  In that schoolhouse is the Spirit of God–The Holy Spirit.  I know this sounds ridiculous but stay with me for a moment.  There are some key elements to living in the Spirit of God that need to be learned and grounded by actual living each day if we truly intend to be living by faith as Christ directs us to live.  I am no authority in this and sure don’t want to sound this way.  However, this blog is intended to let readers in on what God is working me through as I learn to live each moment of each day in His Presence and completing whatever He wants me to do in each day.

If you have read I Kings you know that Elijah is an epitome of man living by faith and obedience to God’s Spirit within man.  As I read more of this book within the Bible I begin to see that Elijah’s living of each day isn’t so much different than ours.  Yes, the time in history is entirely different, but I’m talking about the drama of daily living and struggling to know just what to do this day that is in congruence with God’s intent for me.  So, Elijah confronts King Ahab telling him to gather the priests of Baal (450 all total) and prepare a sacrifice.  They do this and at the same time Elijah is preparing a sacrifice to the One True God.  A half a day is spent trying to get the gods of Baal to burn and take their sacrifice but nothing happens except man’s actions.  Elijah then prays intently to God and God burns up and removes all of the sacrifice to Him right there in front of all the people.  There is more to this, but for Elijah his obedience to God caused him to flee the threats of King Ahab’s wife Jezebel.  She said Elijah would be dead by tomorrow because he had slain the 450 priests of Baal for leading the people of Israel into worshiping a man’s god.  After Jezebel’s threat Elijah flees.  Of course, God takes care of him by sending an angel who feeds him and the story goes on.  It is all found in I Kings 18 & 19.

So, what is all of this saying for me today?  Actually, for today the lesson is simple.  I have always worked for man and done so to please God and connect as best I could to God’s Spirit I thought I could sense now and then.  Well, today it has become abundantly clear God no longer wants me working for man but for Him.  Just as God’s Spirit led and cared for Elijah He will do the same for me (us) if we follow Him.  Instead of working for man, I want to work for God and do this with man.  Seems like a simple shift in the words of a sentence but it is actually life-changing for me.  I’ve got to stay with this for a while so I feel somewhat grounded but this is the message of today.  I’ll stay in touch.