TODAY’S DAILY DEVOTIONAL MESSAGE
Two Opinions
If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him.
— 1 Kings 18:21
It appears the people wanted to worship both Baal and God. But this angered the Lord, and, through Elijah, God asked the people, “How long will you waver between two opinions?”
To that question today someone might respond, “Why choose between two gods? Aren’t they all valid?” But God says, “I am the Lord . . . I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols” (Isaiah 42:8). Elijah challenged the people to see if an idol would answer them. Baal was silent, but God’s power came through as fire consumed the altar and the water around it. The people exclaimed, “The Lord—he is God!” Do you trust the one and only God as your God?
Prayer:
Lord, we glorify your name because you alone are the true God, worthy of all honor and praise. In Jesus’ name, Amen.