Bethel Church Temple TX Podcast (Sermons)
God Asks
God Asks September 27, 2026 Elwyn N. Johnston 1 Kings 17: 1 – 7 Verse of the Week: “Elijah was a man like us. He asked God not to let it rain. And for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth.” James 5:17 1. Will you speak for Me? “Ahab son of Omri did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, even more than any of the kings before him….he married Jezebel, the daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians, and he began to bow down in worship of Baal. First Ahab built a temple and an altar for Baal in Samaria.” 1 Kings 16:30 - 32 “As the Lord, the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, surely there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.” 1 Kings 17:1 2. Will you hide with Me? “Go away from here and turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan.” 1 Kings 17:3 “hide” – sathar – to conceal, to be covered, to be tucked away out of sight “He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.” Psalm 91:1 “God will hide me in His shelter in the day of trouble” Psalm 27:5 “Cherith” – a cutting, a separation 3. Will you depend on Me? “you will drink of the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to provide for you there.” 1 Kings 17:4 “provide” – kul – to sustain “ravens brought Elijah bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he would drink from the brook.” 1 Kings 17:6 “It happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.” 1 Kings 17:7 To keep our focus on God, not the brook. New lessons about ourselves and our insufficiency and God and His sufficiency. That God desires to take us to new places to do new works.
