What evil has God asked you to face in your life?

By Kelly Williamsopinion contributor Saturday November 23, 2024

The Enemy is excellent at paralyzing our faith with fear. We look at opposition long enough and we lose the courage to do what God has called us to do. Elijah, God’s prophet, opposed God’s enemies and defended the Lord God. The Lord asks each of us to do the same.

The 2024 United States presidential election is over and some laws have been codified. One of these codified laws is in Colorado, the state where I pastor Vanguard Church. Colorado residents have decided to ratify in the state constitution the right to end a baby’s life up to the day before birth. We are now known as the state of death. Colorado is now the most dangerous place in America for an unborn baby.

In Elijah’s day, through Ahab’s leadership, babies were unfortunately offered to the gods, as is the case in Colorado today. God told Elijah to go and show himself to Ahab. It took a tremendous amount of courage to do this, because Elijah knew it could cost him his life. He did it anyway.

What evil has God asked you to face in your life? How does God ask you to defend Him in your life? Like Elijah, do you?

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Elijah confronts the people of God before the prophets of Ahab, numbering 450. He says in 1 Kings 18:21: “How long will you limp between two different opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if it is Baal, then follow him. We need this type of leadership today in pulpits across America and around the world. We need pastors who cry out like prophets so that the holiness of God will be at the center of God’s people.

Once God’s altar was restored, Elijah did what any great preacher would do: he asked the Lord to send his presence through him so that God’s people could see the presence of God in him. In 1 Kings 18:36, Elijah essentially says to God, “God, you are in charge, let them know that I am not, and then let them know that I did what you told me to do.” to do. »

If I had received a nickel for every time someone in my life said to me, “Kelly, I respect you for doing what you “think” God wanted you to do,” I would be a man rich ! Elijah here says, “No, you don’t understand, I didn’t do what I think God wanted. I did what God told me to do.

Now you might say, “What if I’m wrong? »

Let God speak to you, but go do what God has asked you to do, immediately and independently. Live like this! This is God’s way. This is the obedient way. Don’t put your trust in yourself, put it in your obedience to Jesus. Do not stake your success on your ability but on God’s faithfulness to respond to your request. Elijah said to the Lord in 1 Kings 18:37, “Answer me, Lord, answer me, that this people may know that you are God, Lord, and have turned their hearts. » This is how we are experiencing a holy revival in our world.

This great act of God’s power on Elijah’s part thrust him into the opposition spotlight. Most of the opposition melted at Elijah’s courage to obey the Lord, but Jezebel rebelled against him even more. This will also be the case for you. In 1 Kings 18:46 it says, “The Lord gave special strength to Elijah. » Then, because of Jezebel’s opposition to Elijah, a few verses later it says in 1 Kings 19:3: “Elijah was afraid and fled for his life. »

Publicly opposing policies such as the abortion amendment passed in Colorado is very unpopular today and will result in unwanted opposition and oppression.

Perhaps you have lost your will to live and serve the Lord as a pastor because of the endless negativity you see around you and in the world where you are trying to make a difference. You are not alone.

God sends Elijah a series of experiences from wind to earthquake to fire, but God’s voice was not in any of them. Instead, after all the commotion, the Bible tells us that God sent the sound as a gentle whisper in 1 Kings 19:12.

What was that sweet whisper? We would call it “the still, still voice of the Holy Spirit.” It is the voice of God that speaks to our soul. This is a game changer.

We may feel like we are losing some of the battles God has asked us to fight. Instead of getting discouraged because your work isn’t paying off the way you thought it would, ask God to raise up new leaders to join you.

God is not finished. And neither do we.

The solution to obedient leadership in the face of fear is not to give up but to raise up new leaders like Elijah to fight alongside you.

Be like Elijah. A generation of babies depends on it!