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God Corrects Our Distorted Perspectives · The Bible Bit Podcast

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  Welcome back. This is Kimmy Miller of Home and at the Well Ministries bringing
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  you another Bible bit for you to enjoy.
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  God Corrects Distorted Perspectives Today as we journey through the scriptures,
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  gleaning the truth from God's word, we are going to continue our study in 1 Kings 19.
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  Today we are going to focus on how our perception and perspectives are distorted
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  when we are emotionally, physically, and spiritually depleted.
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  And how God corrects our perspectives when we let him transform our mind. Romans 12, 1 and 2.
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  1 Kings 19, 14 and 19 say,
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  And he said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts,
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  because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine
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  altars, and slain thine prophets with a sword.
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  And I, even I, only am left, and they seek my life to take it away.
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  Yet I have left me 7,000 in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto
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  Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
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  Elijah is so frustrated, exhausted, and depleted that he can't think straight,
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  and his perspective of his situation is not correct.
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  He is living it, he has experienced it, but he isn't assessing his situation with clarity or truth.
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  Discouragement often causes us to think in extremes.
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  Elijah believed that he was the only faithful servant of God left, but that wasn't true.
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  God gently corrected him and reminded him that he wasn't alone.
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  Friend, we are never alone because we have God with us, for us,
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  beside us, in front of us, and behind us.
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  God never leaves us or forsakes us.
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  Hebrews 13.5 Elijah's feelings were real.
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  But his conclusions were not accurate.
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  This scenario often plays in our lives. We run from God.
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  We insert ourselves into the lead role of our lives, ignoring God's word.
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  Matthew 16, 24 warns us against making ourselves Lord of our life.
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  Here we read, Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after
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  me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
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  When our conclusions do not match Scripture, it is time we find new conclusions.
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  Elijah wasn't in any shape to make any judgments.
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  God knew this, so he drew him aside, met his physical needs before ever addressing
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  Elijah's spiritual needs.
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  This is a lesson we all should learn.
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  Our body, the temple of God, must be fit to listen, replenished and capable
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  of hearing God and understanding God before we begin to work on our spiritual and emotional being.
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  Pray, yes, but feed the body and rest the body so that you can make accurate
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  sense of the world around you.
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  God sees the bigger picture and warns us in 1 Peter 5, 6-8 to give Him our cares
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  and to watch for the attacks of the devil.
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  We are told to humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God,
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  that he may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon him, for he careth for you.
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  Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion,
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  walketh about seeking whom he may devour.
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  Nothing is greater than our God. Nothing is stronger than our God.
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  And he has prepared us to stand against the devil and to win.
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  Ephesians 6 gives us the armor of God that we might be able to withstand all
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  the tricks and attacks the devil may put in our path.
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  We must stop him before he depletes us. We must recognize when we are growing weary and turn to God.
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  We must place ourselves at the feet of Jesus, walk with him,
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  and continue in his presence.
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  Thou will show me the path of life. In thy presence is fullness of joy.
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  At thy right hand there are pleasures forevermore. Psalm 1611.
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  God won't allow you to operate on false and incorrect assumptions without correcting
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  your erroneous thinking and showing you the right way.
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  God revealed to Elijah that there were actually 7,000 men who had not bowed to Baal.
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  But God waited until Elijah was restored and replenished before he course-corrected him.
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  God meets you where you are and brings you to where he is.
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  God will not let his sheep go astray and leave him abandoned in the wilderness.
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  No, God leaves the 99 sheep who are safe and accounted for to find the one lost sheep.
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  Matthew 18, 12-13 God gives you clarity in your darkest moments.
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  Remember you are loved. Jesus loves you.
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