Elijah was a wonderful prophet, he was very courageous ,and yet sometimes his courage failed him, James in his epistle chap 5 v 17 - 18 writes of this great man ,and how he had wonderful answers to his prayer. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it didn't for three and a half years ,and then he prayed again and it rained. I remember reading about a man called George Muller was arriving in a ship in America, but a dense fog had ascended, holding up the ship, this was in the 19th century. George spoke to the captain who was Christian, he said he had an appointment that he must keep, the captain said there was nothing that could be done. George ask the captain to go and pray he would pray also. They did that ,and the fog lifted, when we pray in the will of God ( 1 John 5 v 14 ), wonderful things can happen. I stress those words ,the will of God. Prayer is not a novelty thing, we must ask with right motives ,every true prayer should have at its core,' Thy will be done', and if it is not God's will, the prayer will not be answered Cp James 4 v 3. Returning to Elijah, yes he was a great man, beware of making any person great or otherwise, your idol , yes he was a great but not a perfect man, ( James 5 v 17). These words remind us be be cautious us ,as seeing any godly person, as pure gold. Imperfect though Elijah was ,God heard his prayer and answered, so we imperfect individuals can be assured that God will hear and answer our prayers.
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