你的神有多大？
列王紀上十六章29節至十七章1節
29猶大王亞撒三十八年，暗利的兒子亞哈登基作了以色列王。暗利的兒子亞哈在撒瑪利亞作以色列王二十二年。
30暗利的兒子亞哈行耶和華眼中看為惡的事，比他以前的列王更甚，
31犯了尼八的兒子耶羅波安所犯的罪；他還以為輕，又娶了西頓王謁巴力的女兒耶洗別為妻，去事奉敬拜巴力，
32在撒瑪利亞建造巴力的廟，在廟裡為巴力築壇。
33亞哈又做亞舍拉，他所行的惹耶和華─以色列神的怒氣，比他以前的以色列諸王更甚。
34亞哈在位的時候，有伯特利人希伊勒重修耶利哥城；立根基的時候，喪了長子亞比蘭；安門的時候，喪了幼子西割，正如耶和華藉嫩的兒子約書亞所說的話。
1基列寄居的提斯比人以利亞對亞哈說：我指著所事奉永生耶和華─以色列的神起誓，這幾年我若不禱告，必不降露，不下雨。
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以利亞是一位蒙神重用的人。他雖然並非舊約經卷的作者，但他卻是舊約其中一位最偉大的先知；他是惟一一位無須經歷死亡而被神接到天上的先知。他的屬靈經歷為我們留下不少美好的教訓。
當時的以色列正陷入屬靈的低谷，因為以色列王亞哈和王后耶洗別都敬奉外邦的偶像巴力和亞他斯錄。巴力是迦南的太陽神和火神；而亞他斯錄則是愛神和生育女神，敬奉她的祭禮儀式已演變為敗壞的淫行。然而，當時的以色列人卻敬奉這兩個偶像。
在這個歷史的黑暗時期，有一個以色列人卻認識真神。他知道神是永活的真神，他也知道神喜悅的是甚麼；他的神遠遠大過巴力和亞他斯錄。這人的名字是「以利亞」，意即「耶和華是我的神」。他願意作神的使者；他敢於挺身而出為神發言；他親身認識神的實在，因為他曾與神相交，知道祂會應允禱告。你相信神會垂聽禱告嗎？你相信神的能力足以幫助我們面對各種境況嗎？那麼，不管你現在處於甚麼境況，今天就來學習信靠祂吧！將所有難處帶到神的面前，全然交在祂的手中，讓祂來為你解決吧！
我們今天的世界，與以利亞當時的情況相去不遠。許多人都有自己的偶像：如享樂、成就或財產。然而，我們像以利亞一樣，都是神的使者。我們如何說服世人相信，我們的神才是又真又活的神？就是讓他們看見神在我們身上的作為，以及祂藉著我們所成就的一切。人親身經歷神的實在，是這個世界無法否認、也無法複製的。
HOW BIG IS YOUR GOD?
1 Kings 16:29 to 17:1
29 In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri became king over Israel; and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years.
30 Now Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, more than all who were before him.
31 And it came to pass, as though it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took as wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians; and he went and served Baal and worshiped him.
32 Then he set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal, which he had built in Samaria.
33 And Ahab made a wooden image. Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him.
34 In his days Hiel of Bethel built Jericho. He laid its foundation with Abiram his firstborn, and with his youngest son Segub he set up its gates, according to the word of the LORD, which He had spoken through Joshua the son of Nun.
1 And Elijah the Tishbite, of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, except at my word.”
Message
Have you ever felt you were the only person in your church doing anything for the Lord? Have you ever been discouraged? Have you ever faced seeming failure? If so, you will identify with Elijah, the prophet to Israel at about 860 B. C.
Yet he was the man God used. He was one of the greatest of the non-writing prophets of the Old Testament. He was the one God took to heaven without dying. His experiences with God contain some wonderful lessons for us.
Spiritually it was one of the worst periods of Israel's history. Ahab was king with Jezebel as his queen. Their gods were Baal and Ashtoreth. Baal was supposed to be the god of the sun and fire. Ashtoreth was the goddess of love and fertility but her worship had degenerated into orgies of sex and depravity. These were the gods Israel worshipped.
In that dark hour there was one man who knew the true God. He knew his God was alive, and what his God wanted. His God was greater than Baal or Ashtoreth. His own name, Elijah, meant "Jehovah is my God". Here was a man willing to be God's messenger. He was willing to stand up and be counted. He knew the reality of God in his own life. He had spent time with his God. He knew his God could answer prayer. Do you believe your God answers prayer? Do you believe your God is sufficient for every situation? Then trust him afresh today, no matter what your circumstances are. Bring God into the situation and leave the outcome with him.
Our world is much the same as in Elijah's day. Many today have their own gods - of pleasure, success or possessions. But like Elijah, we are God's representatives. How are we going to convince our world that God is alive? By letting them see what God can do in us and through us! The reality of God in human experience is something the world can neither deny nor duplicate.