Why Are You Where You Are?

Sometimes we are challenged to ask ourselves this question. Why am I here? Why am I doing what I am doing? The right answer would be, “I am here because God placed me here. I am doing this because God instructed me to do it.” Although we may have begun this journey with a firm conviction that God has placed us in our current role, we must be firmly established in our calling. We are compelled by the opposition to the message of Jesus Christ to declare, “God sent me and this is His Message.” It is imperative that we experience a Divine encounter with the Lord of the Message.

There are many such encounters recorded in the Bible where followers of God had their time of revelation. They came face to face with the God of their faith who empowered them to successfully complete the mission given to them. Elijah is one such example of the sustaining power of revelation from God. Elijah had his moment when he thought all was lost, he was all alone, and there was no hope to proceed further. But God had a plan and all power in His hands to pull down and to destroy, to build and to plant, to cast away and to gather.

1 Kings 19:11, “And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: 12And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. 13And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?”

Elijah has just witnessed a mighty intervention of God at Mount Carmel. He was God’s man of the hour and God used this vessel to make a declarative statement that there is no other God but Jehovah. So, although God knew why Elijah was hiding in a cave, cowering in the darkness, He wanted Elijah to see for himself the absurdness of his actions. What are you doing here Elijah? He ran because he was afraid that Jezebel would take his life. He needed to know that Jezebel could only do what God would allow. He needed to know her reign of idolatry was over and he needed to finish his mission. God told him so!

We need to have our personal “Elijah moment.” We must have our own personal encounter with God in Christ Jesus. We must find that still small voice experience. We must hear what God is saying. Although Elijah was in the final phase of his life, this encounter with God changed his future. Here he was thinking that his cause was lost, everyone had deserted him and the battle was over but God was not finished with him.

We are in the final season of time and the hour of our deliverance is at hand. However, the climax, the crescendo, the grand finale is still to come. By faith in the revelation God has given us and obedience to His directive, we can “go” and be successful in His mission. He has already given us the VICTORY in Jesus Christ. We will inherit our promised end, and by obedience to the leading of the Holy Spirit, we can give ourselves wholly to the consummation of all things.