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Be an Elijah!

Pastor Christine Lewis

God recently brought back to my heart a message I first heard Dr Jerry Savelle preach many years ago—“Where are the Elijahs of God?” His sermon still speaks loudly today.

It’s easy to ask the same question Elisha did in 2 Kings 2:14: “Then he took the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and struck the water, and said, ‘Where is the Lord God of Elijah?’”

We look at our lives, our challenges, and our world, and we wonder: Where is that same God?

Where is the God who brought fire down from heaven? The God who split the Jordan River? Who raised a widow’s son back to life… and caused it to stop raining for three years?

Where is He?

Perhaps we’re asking the wrong question.

Instead of crying out, “Where is the God of Elijah?” maybe we should be asking, “Where are the Elijahs of God?”

James 5:17 (Amplified) says, “Elijah was a man with a nature like ours [with the same physical, mental, and spiritual limitations and shortcomings].”

This plainly tells us Elijah wasn’t different. He wasn’t more holy, more powerful, or more special than you or me.

He was human.

Elijah had family and friends. He felt a myriad of emotions. He faced fears and dealt with everyday life—just like us.

However, he chose to push past it all and trust in the bigness of his God. That’s what gave him the boldness to declare, “It won’t rain for three years”—and it didn’t.

Not because he was a superhero or possessed magical powers or was perfect.

Because he had faith in God.

It’s easy to read Bible stories—like Joshua commanding the sun to stand still (Joshua 10:12–13), the walls of Jericho collapsing (Joshua 6:20) or David standing before Goliath (1 Samuel 17:45–50)—and picture those people like the superheroes we see on TV.

But here’s the difference: Batman is fictional. Joshua was real.

And Joshua was human—just like you and me.

We need to stop reading these stories like fantasy or fiction. They were real people with real struggles, doubts, frustrations, and fears.

Our esteemed “Heroes of the Bible” had real faith in a real God… and that changed everything.

They trusted God anyway. They had big faith because they knew their big God.

So today, instead of asking “Where is the God of Elijah?” ask:

“God, help me be an Elijah of God!”