2 God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel? 3 “Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life.” 4 But what is God’s reply to him? “I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” 5 So too at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by grace.
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (2001). (Romans 11:2–5)
Even after Elijah’s victory over the prophets of Baal, where the Lord showed His power, the enormity of the task and the obstacles were overwhelming. Once the adrenaline was gone, Elijah again felt alone and hopeless. God didn’t leave him at the point of hopelessness though. He reminded him that He had preserved a remnant.
Yes, these are the days of Elijah. So much that is Biblical is everyday reality to be seen by all with eyes to see. It’s good to be reminded that these challenges have faced God’s people all through time, and just like the Biblical days, God is here with us and will see us through.
On the radio today I heard Steven Curtis Chapman singing a song I’d never heard before, saying that even though it feels like the end, our story is still at the beginning, and we need to watch the great unraveling of the story that God is going to do, and be amazed.
The great stories in the Bible almost all came in times of great darkness. It means it shines all the brighter when God intervenes.
I was asking myself how a person could write a song that would convey the darkness of these times and still have the hope of the Lord in the middle of it.
I had never heard “Days of Elijah”. I want to look more closely at the lyrics; seems like they draw hope for the future from the remembrance of the past, which is what I keep going back to in my own mind and heart.