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Fire Works

1 Kings 18:20-24

July 4, 2021 • Jeff Lyle • 1 Kings 18:25–29, 1 Kings 18:30–37, 1 Kings 18:38–40, 1 Kings 18:20–24, 1 Kings 18:22–25

In your Bible, the life of faith is likened to many different things. It has been called a fight, a journey, a flight, a valley, a marriage, a crucifixion, a voyage, a race, a pursuit, a birth, and even a death. These metaphors, along with others, bring the concepts which incorporate our lives of faith down to earth. One word the Bible never uses to describe the believer’s life is convenient. The fact of the matter is that life is often difficult whether you are a Christian or not. The difference between the Christian’s difficulties and the non-Christian’s is that we have the sure-fire promise of eventual and ultimate victory. Yet, in the midst of impossibilities, challenges and wearisome routine, there are moments wherein God works in such a mighty way that we can never forget. Sometimes, nothing short of a fiery display of breakthrough power will suffice. In this message, Elijah not only needed a display of power like that from God, he unapologetically set up circumstances wherein, if God did not show up, Elijah would have lost everything including his own life. These moments are when we are all reminded that fire works. God is willing to release His fire into your impossibility.