And let’s face it, beyond the talk of the teams was even
more talk about LeBron James and Steph Curry (as though you have to say one is
bad to proclaim the other is good… just for the record… both are really, really
good!) But LeBron tends to be the most polarizing player in the NBA; people either
love him or hate him, proclaim him as King James or Queen James. (All LeBron
did was respond to the haters by leading the series [both teams] in points,
assists, rebounds, blocks, and steals. I’ve heard of some say a player had his “fingerprints
on a series”… I guess you could say LeBron “palmed the series” with leading 5
major statistical categories.)
The debate basically became “my MVP can beat your MVP!”
It reminded me with Father’s Day being yesterday of little boys claiming “my
daddy can beat your daddy!” Coach Jon admitted last night that as a kid he
heard a kid mention his dad’s new four-wheel-drive truck, and Jon not wanting to
be outdone proclaimed his dad had a “six-wheel-drive”… We love to one-up
others.
Last night I opened up to 1 Kings 18 which is one of my
favorite stories in the Bible. This one involved the prophet Elijah came out of
hiding to confront King Ahab who had orders out to kill Elijah. When Elijah
gets face to face with Ahab, Ahab ask him “is that you, O troubler of Israel?”
(vs 17) Ahab was blaming the messenger…
Elijah responds in vs 18 that it is not he that troubled
Israel but instead Abab and his “father’s house” because they had “forsaken the
commandments of the Lord and followed the Baals.” Elijah goes on to get the
debate started by claiming that his God (Jehovah) can beat Ahab’s god (Baal), and
challenges all the prophets of Baal and Asherah. It is a well-known story (if
you haven’t read it then give it a look) where the prophets of Baal spend all
day trying to get their god to answer with fire to burn a sacrifice… and Elijah
spends the time mocking them and questioning their allegiance to a god that is
apparently “sleeping.” (vs 27) Then Elijah calls on Jehovah and fire comes down
from heaven to burn up the altar built to Him.
This week’s devotion is a simple question/statement made
by Elijah before the challenge began: “How long will you falter between two opinions?
If the Lord is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.” (vs. 21)
“… He that is in you is greater than he who is in the world!”
(1 John 4:4)
Sing with me…
“Our God is greater, our God is stronger, God you are
higher than any other!
And if our God is for us, then who could ever stop us? And
if our God is with us, then what can stand against?” (Chris Tomlin)
If you believe this to be true then live accordingly…
what if our lives truly celebrated God’s greatness?
1 Kings 18:39 “Now when all the people saw it, they fell
on their faces; and they said, ‘The Lord, He is God! The Lord, He is God!’”
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