Assumptions

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 15:51:43 EST

Like us sometimes, Elijah still doesn't get it. "He replied, ‘I have been very zealous for the LORD God Almighty. The Israelites have rejected your covenant, broken down your altars, and put your prophets to death with the sword. I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me too.'"

Do you know what Elijah assumed that we assume when we get to these places and we are afraid because of what the future holds? Elijah assumed that since he hadn't seen God doing much, God wasn't doing much. Elijah assumed that because he didn't see God acting, that God wasn't acting.

He assumed that because God seemed to be silent, that he must be still. Elijah assumed that because he couldn't figure out what God was going to do, that God hadn't figured out what God was going to do. And because he couldn't figure out a happy ending to the story, God hadn't figured out a happy ending to the story. Elijah assumed that God could see no further and had done no more than what Elijah could see.

So God, in his mercy says, "Okay Elijah. Sit down and listen. I want to fill you in on everything I have been doing since you have been gone. Remember you are 200 miles away from the action. While you have been gone, I have been busy. While you have been gone, I have been trying to implement a plan. Just because you didn't see me at work didn't mean I wasn't at work. You ran and fled because you were afraid."

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Assumptions