Elijah has reappeared in King Ahabs life, we have seen the Lord send down fire to burn up Elijahs sacrifice. 

The people of Israel, have repented, and helped round up the prophets of Baal, so they could be executed for refusing to repent and follow God.

That is where we find ourselves.  1  Kings 18

“And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.  So Ahab went up to eat and to drink.”

Elijah, given another Word of Knowledge, “a sound of abundance of rain.”  Telling the King once more what to do.

“Get thee up, eat and drink;”

Ahab did as directed.

“Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees,”

He had a Word of Knowledge, rain is comming, but where is it?   He believed, but did not just sit and wait, no, he cast himself down, (Not just kneeled, but fell to his knees), and put his face between his knees.

We find Elijah, praying the Word from God into existence.

“And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea.  And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times.”

Seven times, do you think it might be significant?  Check out how often seven times is required.

➣Jacob bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
➢dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times
➢dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the Lord:
➢and sprinkle the house seven times:
➢thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.
➣if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
➢ if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.
➢seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.
➣it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.
➢he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child
➣Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.
➢The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
➣Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.
➢For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again:
➣they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
➢ I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
➣if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.

And it came to pass at the seventh time,
that he said, “Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand.”

And Elijah said, “Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down that the rain stop thee not.”

And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.

And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

The hand of the Lord was on Elijah, he ran faster than a chariot…  or was he translated?

It doesn’t matter, it was The Lord.

Lord, help us to be people on which, “the hand of the Lord,” could reside.  Lord help us to be faithful, obedient servants.  Amen