A Renewed Vision

Suddenly, a voice came to him and said, “What are you doing here, Elijah?”14 “I have been very zealous for the Lord God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have abandoned Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I alone am left, and they’re looking for me to take my life.”15 Then the Lord said to him, “Go and return by the way you came to the Wilderness of Damascus. When you arrive, you are to anoint Hazael as king over Aram. 16 You are to anoint Jehu son of Nimshi as king over Israel and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel-meholah as prophet in your place.

1 Kings 19:13-16 (HCSB)

Elijah needed a time of personal renewal. But God also gave him a renewed vision. Elijah was tired and frustrated and allowed his fear to get the better of him. God reassures him that He is still in control but then He gives him a new assignment.

God says, "Elijah you have been faithful. Get up go back and finish the second half the way you have worked through the first half." God was not done with him yet. He needed to see the rest of the picture. God rarely shows us all that He wants us to do. If He did we would never take the first step. But at God's time we are given the second half game plan.

If God is giving you the next step, learn from Elijah. Get up and go in His strength and finish what He started in you when He called you to be a Christ Follower.