A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES

                                   THE RUNAWAY PROPHET PART VIII

"I, Elijah, the prophet of God, left the widow at Zarephath in Sidon to meet with king Ahab as directed by the Lord.... Obadiah, who is in charge of king Ahab's palace arranged our meeting... It has been three years since I last saw the king... At that time I told the king that there would be a drought.... My words have come true... We have had a drought from the day I predicted it.... It is time for the drought to come to an end.... But some things must take place before that can happen.... The king must realise that he is responsible for the drought... He believes that I have made trouble for Israel.... I have already told him that is not so.... I have told him as well that he is the cause of all the difficulties because he and his father's family have abandoned the Lord and have followed false gods.... I have yet more things to say to him.".... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn what the prophet Elijah begins to say to king Ahab...
           

               ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES

                              THE RUNAWAY PROPHET PART VIII

You can read of the encounter between king Ahab and the prophet Elijah in I Kings 18:17-18

When he (king Ahab) saw Elijah, he said to him, "Is that you, troubler of Israel?" "I have not made trouble for Israel," Elijah replied. "But you and your father's family have. You abandoned the Lord's command and have followed the Baals."

After three long years of drought the kind and the prophet Elijah finally meet up again. God is going to send rain once again. It is clear from Ahab's words that he has no idea as to why there has been no rain for three years. According to him, this dreadful situation the nation finds herself in is entirely the fault of the prophet. I has nothing whatsoever to do with him.But Elijah sets the record straight by telling the king that he and his father's family are to be blamed for the misery the whole nation finds herself in: they have forgotten the God of Israel and have followed other gods.