No Time Left For You: On My Way to Better Things

It sounds like we went from a "standstill" to a state of "limbo." If we move from a limbo state, we can experience what lies beyond the current circumstances. If we seek the still, small voice as Elijah did, we can break away from routine or monotony and then discover, explore, and experience better things.

Exhaustion is real. It makes you run from things you could beat. It makes you cry and not know why. The biggest danger is what it can do to our emotional state. Elijah's state of exhaustion from outrunning chariots and threats from Jezebel caused him to "sit down" and give up, wanting to die as it were. (1Kings 19) God meets Elijah's natural needs and, after 40 days, asks the question, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" As if to say, why are you here and not somewhere else? The Lord gives another instruction.

Elijah heeds the instruction of the Lord and finds himself in a place where, surprisingly enough, the Lord simply passes by, leaving him disappointed. When Elijah hears the "still small voice," he wraps his face in his mantle and there he stands. God asks him again, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" Again, somewhere other than where the Lord thought he should be. Thus, a question we should ask ourselves.

God makes it very clear to Elijah to anoint a prophet in his place, in other words, mentor or disciple someone. We may have also heard it as Mark 16:15-20. "Preach the Gospel to every creature...." That is a "mantle" that is on EVERY Christian.

The final separation of the wheat and chaff brings us to the place of either canned wheat to be preserved or chaff, where the wind carries you away so that no place will be found for it. God is canning the wheat to extend its availability throughout the years. It is only the wheat that He can use for seasons to come.

There was NO TIME to finish the final point of the message. I was OUT OF TIME (it could be prophetic, we are out of time!)and came to an abrupt stop, and did not share 1Kings 20:40, although Bishop did. 🤣🤣🤣 It was an important piece for us, and thus is the reason we have been in limbo. In summary, the servant had one thing to do, and he was BUSY here and there (time and place) and did not obey the instructions. The "BUSY" is also the chaff that has to be confronted and separated from our lives if we are going to be canned wheat.

As you answer the questions below, let the distant roads call to you, hear the whispers of the still small voice. Leave behind the limbo of yesterday and embrace the adventures that lie ahead so you can be"on your way to better things."

Let us discuss:

1. What are you doing here?

2. What are you doing with your "mantle?"

3. What has kept you from obeying the "instructions?"

4. What will come from you confronting yourself?