Example of John Bunyan in prison he wrote a Pilgrim’s Progress. “The manna always accompanies the pillar of cloud.” (Meyer 15)Įlijah obeyed God and ended up in Cherith, just because it is a bleak place, don’t panic, be obedient and trust God, pray. Possible breakout question – Think of some strange Cheriths in the Bible and in your life
So much freedom in knowing you are “There,” it may be a bizarre place, but God called you there.ĭavid and the caves. If the Father sends him there, he is shall have enough and to spare (Meyer 15) God led him to Cherith, so you can be certain He will lead you out of Cherith. “There” – I have commanded the ravens to provide for you there” Concrete evidence of God’s love and care for us as individuals.īreakout - what did the sustaining and the shielding tell you about God? – God can do beyond what we think? Remember page 69 Cherith was so outrageous, Elijah didn’t depend on man, but was upheld by God Himself. ‘To be sustain and hidden this way, assured Elijah that whatever his circumstances, God would protect and provide. “even the faith you have must be pruned, educated, and matured so that it may become strong enough to subdue kingdoms, work righteousness, and turn armies of aliens to flight” (Meyer 11)īreakout possible – Example of when God has shielded you.Ĭherith – the Ravens and the Brook, serve as our memorial stones: God is capable of the impossible: To be sustained – Ravens, To be Hidden – Cherith, When you find yourself in Cherith, remember Elijah. Psalm 62:5 “yes, my soul, find rest in God my hope comes from Him.”
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When we are full of self – Luke 9:10, Mark 6:30-32. Teaching Elijah he is not necessary to God’s plan and that he is not essential. Pg 74 – “a holy shield keeping me out of view and under cover.” Pg 73 – through the gift of hindsight – Sequestering, Sustaining, Surprising Elijah. Pg 72 – God hiding you from a possible outcome you didn’t even know to be guarding against.” Pride - Naaman, Elijah – 1Kings 17:1 – “until I give the word!” top of page 71ĭay 5 “Shields Up” “You are my hiding place You preserve me from trouble You surround me with songs of deliverance.” Psalm 32:7 Possible Breakout - example of ravens in your life, when God has sustained you, God using vessels that surprise you. Pg 71 - Read - But God, surrounding us with the ravens of Cherith
To surprise us – would Elijah ever have thought that ravens would feed him? Ravens – Noah’s ark, facts about ravens Pg 67 In other words, your loving Father has categories of answers, solutions, and options for you and your life that you don’t even know exist.” I have commanded the ravens to provide for you thereĮphesians 3:20-21 “Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think…to Him be glory.” Pg 69 – Bible verses Faith and Fire: Elijah by Priscilla Shirer, Week Two, Days 4 and 5
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