Redemptive Response
“But what does the divine response say to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”...What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded.” Romans 11:4, 7 NKJV https://www.bible.com/114/rom.11.4,7.nkjv In a world fully soaked with infectious diseases and pandemic, adopting the right response and strategy is key to staying safe and preventing a total collapse of the system. But when a system of people, nation and family is fully overwhelmed, it becomes difficult to find the correlation between acting straight and staying safe. Such were the state of Elijah the prophet before his encounter with the God of Israel. His frustration about the infection of God’s people with idolatry led him to the state of hopelessness and being suicidal. But God’s response was highly encouraging, “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal”. The batt...