Tag Archives: Elijah

God’s Calling Includes the Promise of God’s Provision. 1 Kings 17:3-4.

When God calls you, He will equip you. When God gives you a task, he will provide what you need to accomplish that task. When God called me to law school, he gave me a promise I could cling to. I needed the reassurance so often, I prayed these words nearly every day: “Faithful isContinue reading “God’s Calling Includes the Promise of God’s Provision. 1 Kings 17:3-4.”

Street Theater.

Street theater is the man playing the saxophone between the skyscrapers in downtown Houston. It’s children tap dancing in the French Quarter with bottle caps nailed to their sneakers.  It’s breakdancers turning Bourbon Street into a stage, spinning on their heads to the accompaniment of kids drumming on overturned 5-gallon buckets.  There are buskers singingContinue reading “Street Theater.”

The Spirit of the Lord Will Control You.

I wrote recently of Samson, Gideon, David, Noah, Moses, and Elijah—men whose achievements followed a deep indwelling of the Holy Spirit.  The phrase the Holman translation uses is “the Spirit of the Lord took control,” as in this passage about King Saul: “The Spirit of the Lord will control you; you will prophecy with [theContinue reading “The Spirit of the Lord Will Control You.”