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A Place Called ThereBy Andrew Wommack

The Bible says,

Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are (James 5:17).

Ye he was mi!h ily "sed o# $od. This re#erence is alkin! abo" he ime %li&ahbecame so des'onden ha he asked $od o kill him (1 in. 1 :*).

%li&ah wasn+ 'er#ec ye he called -re down #rom hea en hree imes he washe -rs 'erson o raise someone #rom he dead he ca"sed he !rea es re i al

in his ory "' o ha 'oin his word s ar ed and ended a hree/year dro"!h hem"l i'lied #ood mirac"lo"sly and he is one o# only wo men who ne er died0he

was ca"!h "' ali e in o hea en. There is a lo we can learn #rom a man like his,bo h 'osi i e and ne!a i e.

The Bible !i es li le back!ro"nd on %li&ah. wasn+ his 'edi!ree or ed"ca ionha bro"!h him in o a 'osi ion o# in2"ence and 'ower. %li&ah was nobody "n il

he recei ed a word #rom $od. was he re ela ion $od !a e him ha '" himin o a 'osi ion o# leadershi'.

3ikewise, anyone who is born a!ain, or ba' i4ed in he oly 6'iri , or has a !oodrela ionshi' wi h he 3ord, has a re ela ion #rom $od oo. J"s as %li&ah+sre ela ion #rom $od '" him in o a 'osi ion o# in2"ence, anyone who has are ela ion o# $od has he 'o en ial o in2"ence o hers also. The only di erence is

ha %li&ah knew wha he had and was bold eno"!h o s'eak.

8any o# "s ha e been in imida ed by he "n!odly. We aren+ boldly s'eakin! her" h we ha e #rom he 3ord. Wha i# %li&ah hadn+ s'oken ha 'ro'hecy o in!

Ahab9 The dro"!h may ha e occ"rred anyway, b" %li&ah wo"ldn+ ha e beenable o "se i o a ec he na ion. The 'eo'le wo"ld ha e dismissed he dro"!has a na "ral occ"rrence.

%li&ah was bold eno"!h o s'eak be#ore here was any 'roo# ha wha he was

sayin! wo"ld come o 'ass. Tha ook #ai h and !rea co"ra!e.When he dro"!h came as 'romised, %li&ah became he mos so"!h a# er manin he na ion:

As the LORD thy God liveth there is no nation or kin!dom whither my lord hathnot sent to seek thee" and when they said #e is not there$ he took an oath o%the kin!dom and nation that they %ound thee not (1 in. 1 :1;).

# we wo"ld s'eak #or h he r" hs $od has shown "s, &"s like %li&ah, he r" hswe s'eak wo"ld "l ima ely 're ail.

%li&ah didn+ ha e all he answers or know wha wo"ld ha''en ne< when hes'oke he 'ro'hecy o in! Ahab (1 in. 17:1). Ahab had #orbidden worshi' o#


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he r"e $od, ins i " in! Baal worshi'. e killed he 'ro'he s o# he 3ord, and%li&ah was '" in! himsel# in harm+s way by obeyin! he 3ord.

wasn+ "n il a# er %li&ah deli ered he word o# he 3ord, ha $od s'oke o himabo" how e wo"ld 'ro ec and s"s ain him.

=irs in!s 17:>/* says,

And the word o% the LORD came unto him sayin! Get thee hence and turnthee eastward and hide thysel% by the brook &herith that is be%ore 'ordan( Andit shall be that thou shalt drink o% the brook$ and ) have commanded the ravensto %eed thee there(

?ne o# he !rea lessons we can learn here is ha $od doesn+ re eal iscom'le e 'lan immedia ely. e re eals is will o "s one s e' a a ime. A# er weobey he -rs s e', e shows "s he ne< . Why sho"ld he 3ord show "s s e' wo

or en i# we ha en+ obeyed s e' one9 Tha wo"ld &"s make "s moreacco"n able. 6o, dont try to fgure out the next step until you have actedon what you know to do now . Tha +s a 'ower#"l r" h.

The 3ord old %li&ah o !o o he Brook @heri h. e had already commanded hera ens o brin! %li&ah bread and mea T % %C e ery mornin! and e enin!. Thiswas mirac"lo"sD Wha a 'ro ision d"rin! a errible imeD

B" no ice his: The 3ord didn+ send %li&ah+s 'ro ision o where he was. AE"ar erback doesn+ hrow he #oo ball o where he recei er is, b" where herecei er is !oin!. Elijahs iracle wasnt where he was !ut where the "ord

was sending hi # Tha +s awesomeD

Each o$ us has a place called T%E&E' where the !lessings o$ the "ordare waiting# The 3ord ne er #ails o 'ro ide, b" 'eo'le o# en #ail o recei ebeca"se hey aren+ all T % %.C # %li&ah had no !one o his 'lace called

T % %,C his disobedience wo"ld no ha e s o''ed $od+s #ai h#"lness howe er,he wo"ld no ha e recei ed he 'ro ision i was o er T % %,C by he Brook@heri h.

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This place called T%E&E changes# $od chan!ed he 'lace and me hod o#%li&ah+s 'ro ision:

And the word o% the LORD came unto him sayin! Arise !et thee to *arephathwhich belon!eth to *idon and dwell there" behold ) have commanded a widow

woman there to sustain thee (1 in. 17: / ).

Yo" can+ &"s seek he 3ord once, hear is oice, s e' o" in #ai h, and hen s o'lis enin!. The 3ord brin!s "s in o is 'er#ec will s e' by s e'. %li&ah mo ed when

he 3ord old him o mo e.

This led %li&ah o he ci y o# Fare'ha h where he asked a widow o !i e him helas o# her #ood. looked like he was akin! #rom his woman, b" he was ac "ally!i in! o her. ns ead o# his bein! her las meal be#ore dyin!, he 3ord m"l i'lied

his woman+s s"''lies, which ke' her, her son, and %li&ah ali e #or abo" hreeyears (1 in. 17:15/1G). Wha a !rea miracleD

Tha wasn+ all he widow recei ed. er #ai h#"lness in !i in! ca"sed her son obe raised #rom he dead (1 in. 17:17/>H). 6he had been o'era in! in #ai h e eryday. 6he wo"ld "se he las bi o# oil and meal #or %li&ah and hen -nd ha herewas always eno"!h o make a cake #or hersel# and her son. This was a !rea #ai hb"ilder, which +m s"re -!"red in o he miracle o# her son.

%li&ah wen on o call -re down #rom hea en and cons"me a sacri-ce in he si!ho# all o# he 'eo'le o# srael (1 in. 1 :HG/H ). The 'eo'le who saw i cried o" ,

The 3ord, e is he $od. The 3ord, e is he $od.C They killed all he 'ro'he s o# Baal, and he whole na ion "rned o he 3ord.

Tha same day, %li&ah 'rayed and ended he dro"!h by a !rea rain s orm (1 in.1 :*1/*5). e was so '"m'ed, he o" ran Ahab+s chario in a wen y/mile racea# er Ahab had a head s ar . %li&ah was e


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Yo" mi!h hink his mean %li&ah was washed "' and was ne er "sed o# $oda!ain. Tha +s no he case. %li&ah wen on o 'ro'hesy (1 in. >1:17/>*), and hecalled he -re o# $od down wo more imes (> in. 1: /1>). And mos im'ressi eo# all, %li&ah ne er died he was ca"!h "' in o hea en by a whirlwind (> in.>:11).

This man, who #ailed miserably, s ill walked so closely wi h $od ha he ne erdied. This s'eaks ol"mes o "s. The "ord has never had anyone working$or %i yet who was *ualifed# e "ses "s in s'i e o# wha we do, and nobeca"se o# wha we do. # we will hold on o o"r #ai h, we can s ill e

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