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.
We have a tendency, I think, to elevate certain men above the common fray:
- Missionaries
- Evangelists
- Particularly gifted preachers
- Pastors of huge churches even
- Heroes of the Bible
Interestingly the Bible goes out of the way to give to us the sins of those Bible characters, as well as their acts of faith. In this case, the Bible says that Elias was “subject to like passions as we are.”
In other words, he was no extraordinary man.
This is such an essential truth because, in it, we discover it is never the man that is extraordinary but God.
In this case, too, we are encouraged that if such a man could pray and receive extraordinary results, then so can we.
So, pray. Pray earnestly.
Don’t count the worth of your prayers on the quality of your person but on the quality of the God to whom you pray.
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