A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES

                                     THE RUNAWAY PROPHET PART XI

"I, Elijah, the prophet of God, have told king Ahab to gather all the people at Mount Carmel... Baal's prophets are here as well.... There are four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal.... There is only one of me.... You cannot blame me for pointing that out to the people.... It looks like I am the only one who still loves God.... King Ahab does not love God.... None of the people love God either.... It us true, Obadiah did mention he took care of some prophets.... But they are not here.... Perhaps they have given up on God as well.... Just like all the people have done."... Please read the typed out attachment when the prophet Elijah decided that he is the only one in his nation who still loves God....


                ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; OLD TESTAMENT STORIES

                                   THE RUNAWAY PROPHET PART XI

In this section you have a glimpse of Elijah's humanity, which you might easily miss but you can see it in his words from I Kings 18:22

Then Elijah said to them, "I am the only one of the Lord's prophets left, But Baal has four hundred and fifty prophets."

It looks like Elijah is throwing a kind of a pity-party, as all human beings can do at times, because he really wants to say, "People look at me, I am the only one who still loves God. There is no one else who cares about Him."But what about all the prophets Obadiah has been taken care of? Elijah seems to have forgotten that fact and this continues to play a role in his view of things as you will find out a little later on.