Who We Are Called To Be: MEN AND WOMEN OF GOD

Elijah Is a man who knew who he was in God. The man had FAITH both in who God was and in who God said he [Elijah] was. A king of Israel fell and was injured and sent men to go ask the patron god (ha ha cute; demons call themselves god because they're slaves to pride) OF A DIFFERENT COUNTRY if he would recover(Christians today do the same thing: horoscope, mind reading, palm reading, fortunetelling etc) . Let's talk about this. Israel has God, Creator of heaven and earth, yet because this man didn't have faith in what was his by BIRTHRIGHT, look at what a man who did know does to him. 

2 Kings 1:2-4

‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron?’ 4 Now therefore, thus says the Lord: ‘You shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but you shall surely die.’" 

When they tell the king this he says go back and bring him to me, but go with 50 men to intimidate him. Elijah first addresses who he is as a RESULT of who God is and says to them, 

"If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men"...

...and it did...


...and it did for the second set of fifty too.


It is not until the third captain of fifty says,

"Man of God, please let my life and the life of these fifty servants of yours be precious in your sight. 14 Look, fire has come down from heaven and burned up the first two captains of fifties with their fifties. But let my life now be precious in your sight"

God will HUMBLE your enemies for you (even if they are among his own people; if they are disobedient it is fair game). You just have to know who your God is and who he says you are.