Day 34

As You Rise ... 1 Kings 16-19
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And at noon Elijah mocked them, saying, “Cry aloud, for he is a god. Either he is musing, or he is relieving himself, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened.”

I like the way the band Disciple covers this in "God Of Elijah" ( use youtube to find it online ).

Bring on the show down
How long will you waver between two opinions
If the Lord is God then follow Him
But if Baal is god then follow him
There are 450 prophets of Baal and just one of me
So it should be no problem to get his attention
And show everyone here today
That if he's the real god
He'll have to send fire down
So they began to shout, run around, cut themselves
Baal made no reply, so Elijah cried
Maybe he's sleeping, or busy or traveling
Or using the bathroom, or deeply thinking

I can just see the prophets running around cutting themselves and screaming to rouse a god who happens be busy sitting on the toilet.

Today we are trying to replace God with the idea of a perfect man. That we are all that there is. We only need to look in the mirror, understand science, and find inner meaning to find "god". What foolishness.

We run around cutting ourselves, bleeding all over, screaming, and crying out to a false god. Look at how much money and flesh we sacrifice in the temples of pleasure at Vagas. Look at how much blood of our children we spill for the image of selfishness. For the right of not being burdened with them.

In the end men will be lying in the dirt looking up at the fire of God. Their sacrifice sits, blood spilt out for nothing and to no one. Their lost hope mingling with the blood and dirt inside the wounds on their cut backs.

As You Walk By The Way ... 1 Kings 20-22

Chapter 20 in mp3
Chapter 21 in mp3
Chapter 22 in mp3

It is rather easy to find the people who rely only upon their own strength. Look at Ahab ... and he lay down on his bed and turned away his face and would eat no food. All because he didn't get what he wanted he ran away and pouted like an young child. And soon that lead to a great evil and his own death.

If you are your own god ... If you sacrifice only to yourself ... How great the fall when any trial comes upon you! You stand alone and see nothing outside of your own pleasures. And when the pleasure stops, like it does for all people, how great the pain.

Lean on God. He is a rock. You are not.

When You Lie Down ... Luke 23

Chapter 23 in mp3

Jesus, remember me ...


O My Lord,

In the great sins of my life ... forgive me

In the anger and hate and frustration ... forgive and comfort

In the joys and smiles ... share in my joy

In the devotion of family ... be our leader

In the dark hours ... walk with me

In the light hours ... burden me

O Lord ... You are my LORD.

- Amen