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“Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.”
James 5:17-18
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A Study in James
Elijah was a normal guy who God used in a supernatural way.
Elijah got discouraged and wanted to die.
Moses was a normal guy who God used in a supernatural way.
Moses was a shepherd.
David was a normal guy who God used in a supernatural way.
David was the least likely of his brothers to be king of Israel.
Peter, James and John were normal guys who God used in a supernatural way.
These guys weren’t theologians, just blue-collar workers who could follow orders.
Elijah prayed for rain after a three and a half year drought.
And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.1 Kings 17:1
And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times. And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.1 Kings 18:43-44
Moses parted the Red Sea with his rod.
But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.Exodus 14:16
David would become the standard by which all other kings would be measured.
And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father.1 Kings 15:3
And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father.1 Kings 15:11
Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.2 Kings 16:2
Peter, James and John laid the foundation for the New Testament church.
God uses ordinary people to accomplish extraordinary things.
When God uses the unlikely, plain and ordinary, He alone gets the glory.
And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.Judges 7:2
God isn’t looking for ability, as much as He is looking for availability.
Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.Isaiah 6:8
17Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. 18And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. James 5:17-18
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