1 Kings 18:38-39 "Immediately the fire of the Lord flashed down from heaven and burned up the young bull, the wood, the stones, and the dust. It even licked up all the water from the trench! And when al the people saw it, they fell face down on the ground and cried out, "The Lord - he is God! Yes, the Lord is God!""
The people of Israel had just witnessed God's power and seen an idol exposed. The prophets of Baal spent the entire day summoning their god to accept their offering, all he had to do was send fire to consume it. 450 prophets shouting, dancing, and even bleeding to entice their god to show himself as the true god - but nothing happened. Elijah not only asked God to send fire but Elijah actually soaked the offering and wood with 12 jars of water. All of Israel witnessed it, they confessed the "Lord is God!"
What happened later? People tend to have short term memories. Remember when Moses led them out of Egypt - God parted the Sea for them to escape and destroyed their enemies. Shortly after-wards they "honored" God by making a golden calf... It is easy to read the Bible and ask ourselves, "How could they be so blind?" Are we any different?
I personally have seen God provide and then shortly there after doubt - after all, worry is a form of doubt! I believe that our memory is effected by our pride, we tend to want to take credit for things. When we take the credit, we minimize God. If our God is small then our worries and problems seem larger - this cycle leads us to focus on our issues and forget about God. It is so easy to get caught up in our day to day lives but what if we took a few more minutes each day to focus solely on God and trust Him with our problems. How would our lives be changed if we spent a little more time with God and a little less time with ourselves?
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