Elijah ( James 5 v 17 - 18 )

In 1 Kings 17 Elijah the prophets bursts unto  the scene,with a word of judgement,,that there would be no rain, until he would say .At the end of the allotted time set for that judgement to cease God told Elijah to meet with Ahab and that rain was coming. So Elijah obeyed that took courage,but it required obedience,it is one thing to hear Gods word, and another to obey.I cannot stress the importance of obedience,to Gods word.So  God spoke Elijah obeyed. When his time with king Ahab was finishing, he said to Ahab, there was the sound of heavy rain.John  W. Olley,''Elijah is confident as he hears with the ears of faith''. Elijah went to a place of prayer, no it did not start raining automatically,prayer was required,persistent  prayer,when he started praying there was not a cloud in the sky,but when a small cloud appeared the size of a mans hand,he stopped praying ,and then the rain came.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         The ear of faith                                                                                                                                            Obedience,                                                                                                                                                  Prayer.