Elijah
Olivier, Ferdinand, 1785-1841. Elijah, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=47427 [retrieved June 17, 2022]. Original source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ferdinand_Olivier_004.jpg.
Spiritual Practices: Keyword Listing
Keyword listing is a method of observational Bible study. It doesn’t require any special skills, tools, or training. You can read more about the process of keyword listing here. You can choose any word or short phrase to study using keyword listing. For this passage, we suggest the following keyword(s) to start your study.
Starting Points
Keyword listing is a method of observational Bible study. It doesn’t require any special skills, tools, or training. You can read more about the process of keyword listing here. You can choose any word or short phrase to study using keyword listing. For this passage, we suggest the following keyword(s) to start your study.
Starting Points
- Elijah (and related pronouns) - Explore some of Elijah's ups and downs
Questions for discussion and reflection
- Have you ever been in a situation that made you afraid like Elijah was? How did you respond?
- Have you ever reached the point of just wanting to give up? How did God respond to Elijah when he got to that point? What do you think God would say to you when you are there?
- Elijah experienced a great wind, an earthquake, and a fire before recognizing the voice of God in a whisper. What does this suggest to us about learning to hear and recognize God's voice?
- Elijah ran, hid, and wanted to give up, but God was still willing to use him. If Elijah's struggles and failures did not disqualify him from being used by God, what does that suggest about God's willingness to use us?