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21st Jan 10
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Over a lifetime, everyone does something good or righteous that seems to go unrewarded. Many pour their lives into doing God’s work, yet see little or no fruit from their efforts. Some have even felt their lives took a turn for the worse after giving their all for God.
In these feelings we are not alone. Down through the centuries, holy men and women of God have zealously given themselves to God for His use, but many of them suffered abuse, exile and martyrdom.
Often, the fruit of their labors became fully developed only after their deaths. Some accomplished their greatest works for God in their deaths, like Abel, whose blood still speaks as a witness (Hebrews 11:4; 12:24).
The Case of Elijah
Elijah the Tishbite, prophet to Israel during the ninth century BC, felt like this near the end of his ministry. With God working through him, he had accomplished great works and been the sole instrument of restoring the true worship to Israel during,
