Elijah
Divided Kingdom (c. 870 BC) ยท Old Testament
Name meaning My God is the LORD
Prophet of fire who called Israel back from Baal on Mount Carmel.
Family
A Tishbite of Gilead; mentor of Elisha.
Strengths
Boldness; fervent prayer.
Failures and struggles
Fled in despair from Jezebel.
Lessons for us
God meets the weary in a still small voice.
In the Scriptures
And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. 1 Kings 18:21 · KJV
And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. 1 Kings 19:12 · KJV
Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. James 5:17 · KJV