06Oct16

1 Kings 18:27 CJB
Around noon Elijah began ridiculing them: "Shout louder! After all, he's a god, isn't he? Maybe he's daydreaming, or he's on the toilet, or he's away on a trip. Maybe he's asleep, and you have to wake him up."

Have you ever had an inconvenient poo? Ever planned everything down to the last second, were right on time, and then got that rumbly in the tumbly that you knew was going to set you back? In this passage Elijah is challenging the prophets of Baal (a false god) to a contest. They put a bunch of wood on the top of a mountain and pray to their god to light it on fire. The prophets of Baal danced, and cut themselves, and screamed at the top of their lungs to try and get their god to act but, Elijah just makes fun of them. When it's his turn, Elijah has then pour water on the wood and then simply prays once that God would act. God brings down fire from the sky and consumes the wood, the rocks that the wood is on, and the water!

My point is that our God is never on the pot. He's not preoccupied with other things. He hears us when we call out to Him and is ready to act in our benefit. If you are putting all your faith in something that can be stopped by an ill-timed bowel movement, or needs a nap, you may want to reevaluate. God is watching, listening, and caring for you right now.