DAVID
Let’s look Elijah. Elijah is celebrated because he had a very long leg of competence, but in reality, we have an individual with some significant wounds.
Our first clue is in 1 Kings 17:1, he says, As the Lord God of Israel lives whom I serve.
That's not a wrong thing to say. But when you see it, repeatedly express, it's an indication that there's a short leg. It says it that again in chapter 18:15, and chapter 18:36, when he's on Mount Carmel, and he kneels in front of everybody with his famous prayer, he begins by saying, God, I am your servant, and I'm doing this because you told me to, and I want everybody to know it. 19:10, he's dealing with God in Mount Horeb, and he says, I've been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty.
All of these things put together portray a man who is very low in worth. Remember that the mark of a short leg of worth is that we have to advertise, brag about, highlight the symbols of inclusion.
So, the people who are very quick to tell you that they've met Arthur Burke, or that they've shared a conference with some speaker, where they have an autograph book by whoever. Those are the people they're telling you, they're low on worth, and they're trying to persuade you that there's somebody because they had this momentary inclusion.
There's several 1000 People who are part of Plumb line that I've never met in my life, but they need the pseudo legitimacy from the nonexistent inclusion into an organization that they respect.
So even though being included in God's work is a pretty special thing. The fact that Elijah consistently had to put it up front, the fact that he was waving in everybody's face, I am a servant of the Most High God, indicated that he was low in worth, because of his low worth,he compensated with extraordinary competence.
So, what did God do about it? Well, first of all, God met him.God met him at the door of worth. He ran away from Jezebal. He left a servant behind because when you feel very low in your worth, you don't even want the people around that are trying to heal your worth. It's a very self-destructive behavior. He hid under the broom tree and said, I'm doneGod, let's pack it in. God sent an angel, that an angel food Bread, slept in, feederagain, slept, in and said, come down here to work, we need to talk.
So God dealt with his belongingness by meeting his needs, even though that was a minor thing, God has been meeting his needs for years and he was pretty okay with thatGod had him come down to Horeb walk 40 days and 40 nights with his high competence, miraculous ability feeding off of the angel food bread, and arrived in Mount Horeb. And there everything that God did was worth relating.
God said why are you here? And he comes up said: because I'm so strong in my competence. There's nobody else in Israel that loves you. And after the little exchange there with a different kinds of violence, God said: listen Let me tell you about worth. There's 7000 people in Israel that don't worship Baal, you're not alone. There's a pretty good pool of people that you can plug into.
Then God begin to give him information, inclusion, and said, I want you to go up to Syria. And I want you to anoint this guy as King over Syria, he is going to be the next king. You know it, and he knows it. Nobody else knows yet, it's just my little secret between you, but goin on
then I want you to go find Jehu, Jehu is going to be the next king of Israel and by the way he's going to take care of Ahab and Jezabelboth, dont you love it. So go and anoint him it'll be our little secret between you and me.
So by the way, the servant you had, forget about him. I've got a new guy for you, not just a servant, but a son. You need to go anoint Elisha he's going to be your companion. He's going to give you inclusion and he's going to be the next Prophet following you.
God healed a measure of his sense of woundedness because from that point on, from Horeb on, you do not see Elijah flaunting his symbols of inclusion anymore. He doesn't need them, because it had inclusion. Because God not only met his needs, which was belongingness, and he was fine in that department. Not only strong and competent, but he had a measure of inclusion. He didn't need to shout about anymore.
Now, I don't think Elijah ever really got all three legs squared away.
You look at his final trip as he went around and went to the three ministry schools. And his assistant Elisha was pretty chummy with the people. The prophets came up to Elisha in each school and said, Oh, by the way, did you know that Elisha is going to leave you today? Yes, I noticed I do nothear about it.Nobody had the guts to come up to Elijah and say, you know, I really appreciate your ministry and you're leaving today. Thanks for everything you've poured into my life. They should but they didn't because he was still little on the unapproachable side.
So, I went to his gray with short leg of worth, but it grew significantly in mount Horeb, after God met him on the area of worth and said you're not alone. There’re other people like you. And here's some secrets I'm going to tell you about world affairs. Enjoy. Be healed.
And he went on to be competent, but he was a little less crippled after the incident at Horeb.
Our first clue is in 1 Kings 17:1, he says, As the Lord God of Israel lives whom I serve.
That's not a wrong thing to say. But when you see it, repeatedly express, it's an indication that there's a short leg. It says it that again in chapter 18:15, and chapter 18:36, when he's on Mount Carmel, and he kneels in front of everybody with his famous prayer, he begins by saying, God, I am your servant, and I'm doing this because you told me to, and I want everybody to know it. 19:10, he's dealing with God in Mount Horeb, and he says, I've been very zealous for the Lord God Almighty.
All of these things put together portray a man who is very low in worth. Remember that the mark of a short leg of worth is that we have to advertise, brag about, highlight the symbols of inclusion.
So, the people who are very quick to tell you that they've met Arthur Burke, or that they've shared a conference with some speaker, where they have an autograph book by whoever. Those are the people they're telling you, they're low on worth, and they're trying to persuade you that there's somebody because they had this momentary inclusion.
There's several 1000 People who are part of Plumb line that I've never met in my life, but they need the pseudo legitimacy from the nonexistent inclusion into an organization that they respect.
So even though being included in God's work is a pretty special thing. The fact that Elijah consistently had to put it up front, the fact that he was waving in everybody's face, I am a servant of the Most High God, indicated that he was low in worth, because of his low worth,he compensated with extraordinary competence.
So, what did God do about it? Well, first of all, God met him.God met him at the door of worth. He ran away from Jezebal. He left a servant behind because when you feel very low in your worth, you don't even want the people around that are trying to heal your worth. It's a very self-destructive behavior. He hid under the broom tree and said, I'm doneGod, let's pack it in. God sent an angel, that an angel food Bread, slept in, feederagain, slept, in and said, come down here to work, we need to talk.
So God dealt with his belongingness by meeting his needs, even though that was a minor thing, God has been meeting his needs for years and he was pretty okay with thatGod had him come down to Horeb walk 40 days and 40 nights with his high competence, miraculous ability feeding off of the angel food bread, and arrived in Mount Horeb. And there everything that God did was worth relating.
God said why are you here? And he comes up said: because I'm so strong in my competence. There's nobody else in Israel that loves you. And after the little exchange there with a different kinds of violence, God said: listen Let me tell you about worth. There's 7000 people in Israel that don't worship Baal, you're not alone. There's a pretty good pool of people that you can plug into.
Then God begin to give him information, inclusion, and said, I want you to go up to Syria. And I want you to anoint this guy as King over Syria, he is going to be the next king. You know it, and he knows it. Nobody else knows yet, it's just my little secret between you, but goin on
then I want you to go find Jehu, Jehu is going to be the next king of Israel and by the way he's going to take care of Ahab and Jezabelboth, dont you love it. So go and anoint him it'll be our little secret between you and me.
So by the way, the servant you had, forget about him. I've got a new guy for you, not just a servant, but a son. You need to go anoint Elisha he's going to be your companion. He's going to give you inclusion and he's going to be the next Prophet following you.
God healed a measure of his sense of woundedness because from that point on, from Horeb on, you do not see Elijah flaunting his symbols of inclusion anymore. He doesn't need them, because it had inclusion. Because God not only met his needs, which was belongingness, and he was fine in that department. Not only strong and competent, but he had a measure of inclusion. He didn't need to shout about anymore.
Now, I don't think Elijah ever really got all three legs squared away.
You look at his final trip as he went around and went to the three ministry schools. And his assistant Elisha was pretty chummy with the people. The prophets came up to Elisha in each school and said, Oh, by the way, did you know that Elisha is going to leave you today? Yes, I noticed I do nothear about it.Nobody had the guts to come up to Elijah and say, you know, I really appreciate your ministry and you're leaving today. Thanks for everything you've poured into my life. They should but they didn't because he was still little on the unapproachable side.
So, I went to his gray with short leg of worth, but it grew significantly in mount Horeb, after God met him on the area of worth and said you're not alone. There’re other people like you. And here's some secrets I'm going to tell you about world affairs. Enjoy. Be healed.
And he went on to be competent, but he was a little less crippled after the incident at Horeb.