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The rainless days continued for three long years. The
severity of famine demanded that the responsible party be brought to light.
Ahab adds two and two together and names the obvious culprit:
It’s Elijah’s fault! For, he is the one who came to Ahab three
years ago and announced the coming of the drought.
And so God’s servant becomes the troublemaker. The menace. The pest. The convenient scapegoat.
The whistle-blower who challenges the dysfunctional status-quo is a pain in
the neck. He just doesn’t get it that this is how things are done around here. He
just doesn’t speak the familiar language of the insiders.
Sure, there are little compromises now and then. Sure, there is a turning of the blind eye
here and a tiny concession for a little favor there... for a greater good. Everybody does it. Why
rock the boat? Why trouble the well-oiled machine? Plus, this living God of the idealistic prophet appears to be silent, while money talks loud and clear. To refuse to fit in is to prove yourself a fool.
Fool or not, Elijah is not confused. He knows the God before whom he stands. And this God, the LORD, the creator of heaven and all the earth, is
not silent. He is not absent. Nor weak. Nor powerless.
And soon this will be
obvious to everyone.
Elijah came near to all the people and said, “How long will you hesitate between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.” But the people did not answer him a word. I Kings 18:21
No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.Matthew 6:24
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