What Are You Doing Here?
June 2, 2008
by Linda Lail
Have you ever heard God asking you the question “What are you doing here?” You know the story of Elijah and how he ran in fear from Jezebel after God gave him a glorious victory over the gods of Baal (1Kings chapters 18,19). God provided water and food to give him strength for the 40 days and nights in the wilderness as he made his way to Horeb, the mountain of God. When he got to the mountain he went into a cave to sleep, but his rest was disturbed when he heard the voice of the Lord say “What are you doing here Elijah?”
Elijah was anointed to serve the God of Israel at a time when it was a divided kingdom. It was divided in ways as much spiritual as physical. It was a time when God’s people had become disobedient, worshippers of other gods, and ungodly in their behaviors. God was asking a question that He always asks of His people when they are in the wrong place. Remember Adam and Eve when God came walking in the evening and called out “Where are you?” It is a life transforming question because when God asks us that question it means He knows where we are, and we are in the wrong place.
God sent a strong wind, then an earthquake, then a fire to show Elijah His omnipotent power, but He did not speak to him in those ways. Rather He spoke to him in a still small voice. Elijah heard the voice of the Lord asking again, “What are you doing here Elijah?”
Where are we as the bride of the Lamb today? Are we in places in our hearts, minds, spirits and behaviors that cause God to ask us “What are you doing here?” Remember the kind of culture Elijah was anointed to serve as God’s prophet? Does our culture today look the same? God cannot use us if we look, sound, and behave the same as the culture in which we live. God demanded more of Elijah. He told him to get up, stop feeling sorry for himself and get on with the work He had called him to do. God requires no less of us than He did Elijah. May our prayer be that God would never have to ask His bride “What are you doing here?
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