By Faith

"Elijah was a man just like us"

- James 5:17

People always ask, "If God is real, how come He wont perform miracles like He did in the bible?"

The simplest answers to that is: People just lacks faith.

When the bible explains how Elijah prayed, he didn't just say a bunch of words in the air, he prayed earnestly and with great faith. He prayed and prayed and prayed without a doubt in his heart. He knows who is in control, he knows his God is real and can do anything.

In 1 Kings 18:16-39, Elijah alone went against 450 prophets of Baal. He told the 450 prophets of Baal to pick a bull, put it on the altar and pray to their god to bring fire down to burn the sacrifice.

From morning till noon the prophets shouted Baal's name, but there was no response. Then at noon Elijah started taunting them and telling them to shout louder because their god might be sleeping or busy. So then the 450 prophets shouted louder and louder and started slashing themselves with swords and spears until their blood flowed. They kept shouting till the time for the evening sacrifice. No one responded to their prayer no one said a thing and no one was paying attention to them.

Then Elijah's turn came. He went and fixed the altar of the Lord which was in ruins and asked them to take the other bull and place in on top of the altar. Then Elijah dug a trench around the altar large enough to hold 15 liters of seed. Then he told them to fill four large jars of water and pour it on the altar, he then repeated this 2 more times. The sacrifice was so drenched that the water ran down around the altar and even filled the trench.

Elijah then prayed, "O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and you have done all these things at your command. Answer me, O Lord, answer me, so these people will know that you, O Lord, are God, and that you are turning their hearts back again." 1 Kings 18:36-37.

After Elijah prayed this, fire came from heaven and burned up the sacrifice, the woods, the stones and the soil. It was so hot that the water from the trench evaporated.

God sent down fire as Elijah asked Him and protected Elijah and all the people around him from the heat of the fire.

If we really believe that Elijah was a man just like us. Then we should believe that we can perform miracles like this. We should have faith in the God that we say we believe in.

All the prophets of the bible that seems like super hero saints are just normal ordinary people just like YOU and ME.