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Leaders See Things Before They Become A Reality

2/17/2015

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I Kings 18:43-45 - He said to his servant, “Go up now, look toward the sea.” So he went up and looked and said, “There is nothing.” And he said, “Go back” seven times. 44 It came about at the seventh time, that he said, “Behold, a cloud as small as a man’s hand is coming up from the sea.” And he said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot and go down, so that the heavy shower does not stop you.’ ” 45 In a little while the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy shower. 
  • Not Everyone Will Believe In Your Dream
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Having people not believe in your dreams is a commonplace experience. In our text above Elijah had a vision or a dream where the Word of the Lord came to him.

In this vision God had told him that it was going to rain (vs.1). Now no one else knew it was going to rain. Everyone had been programmed to not believing it was going to rain because it hadn't rained in over three years.
  • Elijah Could Hear And See A Storm Coming.
While Elijah was on Mt. Carmel he knows a storm is coming but only he is able to see and hear it. He says to his servant (vs.43) “go…look towards the sea.” The servant does as Elijah said, but when he returns he informs him he saw nothing.

They go through this ritual six times and each time his answer is the same, “There is nothing.” Imagine going through this same routine six times and coming back with the same answer, “There is nothing.”
  • Elijah’s Servant Was Not Able To See What Elijah Saw.
God said in (vs.1) that He was sending rain and Elijah believed him and he could see the rain coming. He didn’t see it physically but he saw it spiritually. Elijah’s servant on the other hand didn’t hear the Lord nor did he believe in what Elijah was telling him.
  • How Many Of Us Have Seen Something That No One Else Was Able To See?
What comes to your mind when I ask you this question?

What were you able to see that no one else could see?

Did you see yourself winning something or becoming something no one ever thought you were capable of winning or accomplishing?
  • We Believed In It But No One Else Did.
Quite a few of my Pump Up readers are college coaches. They, many times, can see their athletes as champions, but the problem is some of their athletes can’t see it.

In 1997 at the Freestyle Wrestling Championships the USA’s 57 Kilo wrestler pulled out of the competition.  This left the spot open for the number two wrestler, Tony Purler, who was traveling with the team but was 22 lbs. over weight because he wasn’t expected to wrestle. He was traveling with the team to be a wrestling partner for the number one wrestlers.

When the number one wrestler pulled out Tony had a few days to lose the 22 lbs and make the weight.

When others couldn’t see it happening Tony, his coach and a few teammates were able to see it. He made the weight and wrestled in his first World Championship. Why?

He was able to see what others couldn’t.
  • So What Are You To Do When You Can See What No One Else Can See?
  1. You Keep On Displaying Your Faith In What You Believe.
Keep visualizing what you want to see happen. You are to keep moving forward.

At least that is what Elijah did and on the seventh time his servant came back with a different answer. A don’t get your hopes up to high answer. He says, “Behold, a cloud as small as a man’s hand…”

The servant doesn’t have much faith is this little cloud. In fact, he says it is a “small” cloud. It is only the size of a man’s hand.

Now if you think about that for a moment, physically speaking, that size of a cloud isn’t going to do much.

That is what makes this story all the more fascinating.
  • God Uses This Small Cloud To Rain Down Heavy Showers (vs. 45).
You might have a vision or a dream and you have shared it with your family or friends and they all think you are “crazy” or worse yet they even call you a “dreamer”.

All I can say is keep believing or having faith in your dreams. Elijah did and in the end he was right and they were wrong.
  • You May Be The Small Cloud That God Wants To Do Great Things With Today.
  • Will You Let Him Use You? 
Think On This: 

Small minds are the first to criticize large ideas.

Stay Pumped,

Gary A. Serago



Minister of God's Word


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