Elijah: A Man Like Us – 1 Kings 17:1-24

1 Kings 17:1-24

If you are like me, you will admit that you could and should be spending more time in prayer. What most of us need is not this reminder, but inspiration. That is what we have in Elijah. Elijah’s example inspires me in the exercises of faith and prayer. In the Kings narrative, we find some wonderful examples of Elijah’s courage and his “insane” prayer life. Yes, Elijah prayed. Yes, we should have an insane prayer life like Elijah. But what saves us and sustains is that God visited us in Jesus! It is Jesus’ insane work, and his insane prayer life that brings us eternal hope and peace. May the life of Elijah inspire us to pray biblically and faithfully, and may his life point us to our great source of hope: the true and better prophet, the ultimate mediator; the King of Kings, Jesus.