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1 Kings 18:1\u00a0 <\/span>After many days the word of the Lord came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, \u201cGo, show yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the earth.\u201d So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria. And Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly, and when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water.) And Ahab said to Obadiah, \u201cGo through the land to all the springs of water and to all the valleys. Perhaps we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, and not lose some of the animals.\u201d So they divided the land between them to pass through it. Ahab went in one direction by himself, and Obadiah went in another direction by himself.<\/p>\n

And as Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him. And Obadiah recognized him and fell on his face and said, \u201cIs it you, my lord Elijah?\u201d And he answered him, \u201cIt is I. Go, tell your lord, \u2018Behold, Elijah is here.\u2019\u201d And he said, \u201cHow have I sinned, that you would give your servant into the hand of Ahab, to kill me? As the Lord your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent to seek you. And when they would say, \u2018He is not here,\u2019 he would take an oath of the kingdom or nation, that they had not found you. And now you say, \u2018Go, tell your lord, \u201cBehold, Elijah is here.\u201d\u2019 And as soon as I have gone from you, the Spirit of the Lord will carry you I know not where. And so, when I come and tell Ahab and he cannot find you, he will kill me, although I your servant have feared the Lord from my youth. Has it not been told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the Lord, how I hid a hundred men of the Lord’s prophets by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water? And now you say, \u2018Go, tell your lord, \u201cBehold, Elijah is here\u201d\u2019; and he will kill me.\u201d And Elijah said, \u201cAs the Lord of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today.\u201d So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him. And Ahab went to meet Elijah.<\/p>\n

When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, \u201cIs it you, you troubler of Israel?\u201d And he answered, \u201cI have not troubled Israel, but you have, and your father’s house, because you have abandoned the commandments of the Lord and followed the Baals. Now therefore send and gather all Israel to me at Mount Carmel, and the 450 prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ezekiel 3:12-14<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great earthquake: \u201cBlessed be the glory of the LORD from its place!\u201d\u00a0\u00a0It was the sound of the wings of the living creatures as they touched one another, and the sound of the wheels beside them, and the sound of a great earthquake.\u00a0\u00a0The Spirit lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness in the heat of my spirit, the hand of the LORD being strong upon me.<\/p>\n

Ezekiel 8:3<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0He put out the form of a hand and took me by a lock of my head, and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and brought me in visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the gateway of the inner court that faces north, where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy.<\/p>\n

Acts 8:39<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing.<\/p>\n

Ezekiel 37:1<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0The hand of the LORD was upon me, and he brought me out in the Spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of the valley;<\/p>\n

2 Corinthians 12:2-3<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven\u2014whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows.\u00a0\u00a0And I know that this man was caught up into paradise\u2014whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows\u2014<\/p>\n

Ezekiel 11:24<\/b><\/span><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to the exiles. Then the vision that I had seen went up from me.<\/p>\n

John 3:8<\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/a>\u00a0The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I like what Obadiah said to Elijah; \u201cAnd as soon as I have gone from you, the Spirit of the Lord will carry you I know not where.\u201d You can hear Obadiah speak out of frustration concerning how the Spirit of God just up and takes Elijah away.\u00a0 <\/span>You are here and then you are gone.<\/p>\n

Having visions or being carried away happened but that does not mean they happen to everyone.\u00a0 <\/span>It is not as though we can put our self into a trance and will this to happen.\u00a0 <\/span>It is of the Spirit of God.\u00a0 <\/span>However, we can be used by, moved by, spoke to by, and lead by the Holy Spirit of God.\u00a0 <\/span>Our thought ought not to be carried away physically or by vision but rather to be used by the Holy Spirit.\u00a0 <\/span>When we have our heart, mind, and soul fixed on humbly serving, honoring, following, trusting, and obeying God then we are in the right footing to be moved, lead, spoken to, and used by the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n

It seems as though our culture of easy access to information has led us down a path where we do not have to put in the time of learning all of the ins and outs of some tasks because we can just google it or find step by step on youtube.\u00a0 <\/span>We don\u2019t really have to memorize maps and how to get somewhere because we have the directions at our fingertips and spoken to us as we drive.\u00a0 <\/span>I think this leads many into thinking that we can take a short cut to God\u2019s word.\u00a0 <\/span>Scriptures say to write His word on our heart, mind, door posts, and speak of it in the morning, during the day, and in the evening.\u00a0 <\/span>Yet, somehow I think we fall into the trap of thinking we can just Google it.\u00a0 <\/span>When something happens I will just type it into Google and find the scripture, then claim it and move on.\u00a0 <\/span>Just because we can type it in and find it does not mean there is a foundation for being led by the Spirit of God in this.\u00a0 <\/span>Where is the discipline, commitment, setting aside time, seeking, and desiring God\u2019s Spirit to lead you so that your honor and glorify Him? \u00a0 <\/span>Where is the time set aside to be with God\u2019s word?\u00a0 <\/span>Where is the denying self, other \u201cStuff\u201d that occupies time so that we can be disciplined in His Word?<\/p>\n

Do you want to know what I fear?\u00a0 <\/span>I fear that my life will be seen by others as an example of what it means to follow God with my whole heart, mind, and soul and I know that is not true.\u00a0 <\/span>I allow other things to occupy my time and can go hours without giving thought to God. If they pattern after my example will they even come close to catching a glimpse of God and the love of Jesus Christ?\u00a0 <\/span>Oh, Holy Spirit fill, lead, guide, and speak into my life for the honor and glory of God through Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1 Kings 18:1\u00a0 After many days the word of the Lord came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, \u201cGo, show yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the earth.\u201d So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria. And Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the … Continue reading “158. The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10106,10071,9273,10077,1810,6284,10112,714,10110,1759,751,10103,530,956,539,3819,10113,1375,10074,9972,10104,10101,5944,5163,3517,5310,711,9,10111,2826,10107,1023,10102,10108,10109,10105,4262,3016,3898,4888,3437],"class_list":["post-65090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-prayers","tag-abandoned-the-commandments","tag-ahab","tag-baals","tag-before-whom-i-stand","tag-bitterness","tag-carry-you","tag-caught-up-to-the-third-heaven","tag-elijah","tag-eunuch","tag-feared","tag-fell-on-his-face","tag-find-you","tag-glory","tag-great-earthquake","tag-heard","tag-heaven-and-earth","tag-in-the-body-or-out-of-the-body","tag-jealousy","tag-jezebel","tag-kill-me","tag-lord-of-hosts-lives","tag-obadiah","tag-paradise","tag-philip","tag-prophets","tag-rejoicing","tag-seek-you","tag-servant","tag-set-me-down","tag-sinned","tag-spirit-lifted-me-up","tag-spirit-of-the-lord","tag-springs-of-water","tag-took-me-away","tag-took-me-by-lock-of-my-head","tag-troubler-of-israel","tag-upon-me","tag-vision","tag-voice","tag-wind-blows","tag-wings"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65090"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65160,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65090\/revisions\/65160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prayingpint.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}