Elijah The Tishbite
(ep 02)
As Elijah was led to the Kings chamber, His heart beat could be heard from Miles away, so his tensed mind thought. He had to breath in deeply to ensure the King did not catch an iota of fear in him. Every single step he took, he declared Gods word “I do not have the spirit of fear, but the spirit of power, love and sound mind”
As he got closer to King Ahab his heart did seem to calm down neither did it try to escape through his muscular chest.
Ahab told his servants to excuse them, leaving only his senior Aides and body Guards
Now Picture this.
So Elijah breathes in deeply and says to the King, probably a bit too loud to force confidence
” In the name of the Lord, the Living God of Israel… ”
“Wait” King Ahab counters midway “Ati which God? ”
Elijah had to repeat himself again; he hadn’t expected to be interrupted.
“In the name of the Lord God of Israel, the living God”
He paused to let that sink in. Ahab didn’t have to guess why he put in ‘the living God’ It was clear the Israelites disregarded the physical gods Ahab and wife worshipped as items of hand made materials. So they were not alive.
After insisting to George Bongo that I will have to deliver a message to the president, there I am walking in there like I own the White House. The president has most probably never heard my name, leave alone seen my face.
The statehouse guard says to his personal Assistant. “A woman called Caroline from Kenya is here, she says she has a message from God. I am fidgeting with both my hands and toes. The fear is real, because the message I am going to share is not one of hope, but one of destruction.
If you ever have to do this, make sure you clear both your bladder and your bowels. Because likely fatal accidents are likely to happen without your permission!
Ahab started getting angry already. We all know it’s not a good thing to get a King angry, and Elijah knew that too well. Yet He had to deliver God’s full message. For a short moment he started thinking otherwise. I mean, wasn’t he too young to die? Yet God had promised him to do great works through him? Maybe just maybe, this wasn’t the right time. There was a time to turn around and go out while his head was still on his neck
“Go on” Ahab thundered. Bringing Elijah back to life again in a split second. He had no option but release the balance of the message. Quickly before he could change his mind, and then go out there to meet a disappointed living God
He was caught between a rock and a hard place
” In the name of the Living God of Israel whom I serve” He said probably too quickly “I tell you that there will be no dew or rain for the next two or three years”
Ahab and the Aides almost died with laughter.
” Be serious dude, LoL is that all your living God sent you to tell me?” Ahab was genuinely tickled. “So what will you do man to make the rain stop, Will you collect the clouds and hide them in the palms of Gilead? ” Ahab continued mocking Elijah and causing the whole palace to almost turn into an amusement park, and Elijah the Tishbite was the source of entertainment. It wasn’t long before Queen Jezebel and others came and see what was causing such uproar.
And suddenly with the defiance of two year old he walked out of the Kings presence and out of the palace without even as much as a bow.
For a fairly; long moment every body remained static. No one in Israel or Judah had ever shown this audacity. Even the guard didn’t know how to react.
Jezebel is the one that spoke up first. “Go go, he shouted to the guards “ Stop standing there like sycamore trees waiting to be picked from a fruit! Go get that idiot and put him in prison for insulting the king and everything he stands for.
One hour later the guards were not back. Ahab and his wife were wondering what took them so long.
“Babes come and hear the wonders of the world” (By the way do presidents and Kings call their wives pet names?)
“What is it” Jezebel asked staring at Elijah from the top of his head to the tips of his toes in disdain. Suddenly Elijah was so conscious of his rugged looks and probably a not so pleasant smell in contrast to the expanse of the beauty of the palace.
Elijah felt a sudden heat wave shoot through his head; it went through his heart to his feet and back to his heart shearing it to a million tiny pieces. For a moment he thought he might cry, but he wasn’t going to give this circus the pleasure. He was getting angry now, really angry. No one had ever mocked his God like this.
Suddenly with a shout that stunned even Jezebel He said
“There will be no rain or dew, until I say so: Period”
The guards came back with their heads hanging down like shriveled sunflower plants from too much heat, They knew they may be headless by the end of the day. For Elijah was nowhere to be see. It was impossible to explain how a battalion of security teams had failed to find one unharmed man who did not even have a chariot. He was gone like the wind. Just like that.
Luckily the guards were forgiven, they were needed for future evidence, but as expected, Elijah was put on the listing the most wanted national criminals.
At that moment no one thought much about Elijah apart from the fact that he had dared threaten the King, that is until the month of September when the rains were expected, and nothing was forthcoming.
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