<“Elijah: Lessons for Leadership”
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A Sermon by Dr. Bob Griffin, Teaching Elder at Sovereign Grace Church
I. LESSON OF UNFAILING COMMUNION
I Kg 17:2-3a Then the Word of the LORD came to Elijah: “Depart”
A. CONTINUATION
1. PRIORITIES (Jas 5:17; I Kg 17:1)
2. STEP BY STEP (I Kg 17:24)
B. COMMUNICATION
1. TEMPORAL SEQUENCE (Mk 6:52; Heb 5:11)
2. WHAT GOD DOESN’T SAY (Ps 139:15; 17:8; 31:20)
II. LESSON OF UNFINISHED GUIDANCE
I Kg 17:3b-4 . . . from here and turn eastward and absent yourself by the wadi Cherith, which is east of the Jordan. You shall drink from the wadi, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there.
A. COMMAND
1. WORK JUST BEGINNING (Jer 10:23; Prov 14:12; Is 55:8-9)
2. WHY RUN AWAY?(I Kg 18:17-20; Prov 3:5-6; Ezek 22:20-22)
B. CONDITION
1. TRAINING
2. PROVISION “THERE” (Ps 37:23-24)
III. LESSON OF UNFALTERING OBEDIENCE
I Kg 17:5 So he departed and did according to the word of the LORD. He went and lived by the wadi Cherith that is east of the Jordan.
A. COMPLIANCE
1. DON’T KICK AT IT (Ps 46:10; Lk 16:10)
2. MOVING DAY (Phil 4:11-13; II Tim 4:6; Eph 1:11)
B. CONTENTMENT
1. LISTENING TO GOD (Ps 119:18; Prov 16:1, 9)
2. NOT QUESTIONING GOD (Mt 6:25-34)
IV. LESSON OF UNFATHOMED PROVISION
I Kg 17:6 And the ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning, and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.
A. CARE
1. HUMBLING CARE (Mt 6:11)
2. SOVEREIGN PROVISION (I Cor 1: 26-29)
B. CIRCUMSTANCES
1. SATISFACTION (Phil 4:19)
2. TRUST GOD (Rom 1:17)
V. LESSON OF UNFORESEEABLE TESTING
I Kg 17:7 After a while the wadi dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
A. CRISIS
1. FACING GIANTS
2. LOST HOPE (Jas 4:13-16)
B. CONTINGENCY
1. ANSWERED PRAYER (Gen 22; 39; Acts 14)
2. PRIVATE TO PUBLIC (Gal 1:16-18)