你的神有多大？
列王纪上十六章29节至十七章1节
29犹大王亚撒三十八年，暗利的儿子亚哈登基作了以色列王。暗利的儿子亚哈在撒玛利亚作以色列王二十二年。
30暗利的儿子亚哈行耶和华眼中看为恶的事，比他以前的列王更甚，
31犯了尼八的儿子耶罗波安所犯的罪；他还以为轻，又娶了西顿王谒巴力的女儿耶洗别为妻，去事奉敬拜巴力，
32在撒玛利亚建造巴力的庙，在庙里为巴力筑坛。
33亚哈又做亚舍拉，他所行的惹耶和华─以色列神的怒气，比他以前的以色列诸王更甚。
34亚哈在位的时候，有伯特利人希伊勒重修耶利哥城；立根基的时候，丧了长子亚比兰；安门的时候，丧了幼子西割，正如耶和华藉嫩的儿子约书亚所说的话。
1基列寄居的提斯比人以利亚对亚哈说：我指着所事奉永生耶和华─以色列的神起誓，这几年我若不祷告，必不降露，不下雨。
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以利亚是一位蒙神重用的人。他虽然并非旧约经卷的作者，但他却是旧约其中一位最伟大的先知；他是惟一一位无须经历死亡而被神接到天上的先知。他的属灵经历为我们留下不少美好的教训。
当时的以色列正陷入属灵的低谷，因为以色列王亚哈和王后耶洗别都敬奉外邦的偶像巴力和亚他斯录。巴力是迦南的太阳神和火神；而亚他斯录则是爱神和生育女神，敬奉她的祭礼仪式已演变为败坏的淫行。然而，当时的以色列人却敬奉这两个偶像。
在这个历史的黑暗时期，有一个以色列人却认识真神。他知道神是永活的真神，他也知道神喜悦的是甚么；他的神远远大过巴力和亚他斯录。这人的名字是「以利亚」，意即「耶和华是我的神」。他愿意作神的使者；他敢于挺身而出为神发言；他亲身认识神的实在，因为他曾与神相交，知道祂会应允祷告。你相信神会垂听祷告吗？你相信神的能力足以帮助我们面对各种境况吗？那么，不管你现在处于甚么境况，今天就来学习信靠祂吧！将所有难处带到神的面前，全然交在祂的手中，让祂来为你解决吧！
我们今天的世界，与以利亚当时的情况相去不远。许多人都有自己的偶像：如享乐、成就或财产。然而，我们像以利亚一样，都是神的使者。我们如何说服世人相信，我们的神才是又真又活的神？就是让他们看见神在我们身上的作为，以及祂借着我们所成就的一切。人亲身经历神的实在，是这个世界无法否认、也无法复制的。
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.