It was just a few days ago that I was introduced to Elijah, as I continue my journey through my ESV Study Bible.
I find myself with two frustrations, and a question:
- frustration #1 - reading the Bible in a year puts you on a track whereby you are running so fast that you pass by events very quickly.
- frustration #2 - I am not as amazed, as I should be, at Elijah's final scene. Somewhere, in my mind, this narrative gets lost in folklore, a child's story, and fact. I believe it to be fact, but then where is the wonder?
- Question: what is the one overarching thing that we should know of Elijah and his life?
I was listening to Dr. John Piper, in a biographical sketch of George Mueller, while I was working out last week. Piper mentioned that Mueller had read the whole of the Bible 200 times, and the he (Piper) was also in the habit of reading the Bible each year.
I suspect this is good discipline. Perhaps I will have to learn some patience as I daily dive into these depths. I must admit, I wish God would just download all the knowledge I could have gleaned had I been a better student over the past 53 years.
