These words so rattled Ahab, he repented. The Bible tells us that Ahab tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and fasted. He even acted meekly! God held off on his day of disaster until the days of the kingdom of Ahab’s son. But Jezebel met her gruesome end.

These were not the only times Elijah proclaimed loudly the Voice of the Lord. And so he was the great prophet of Israel…and then came the days of John the Baptist, another prophet crying out to God’s people.

Now this was John's testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was. He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, "I am not the Christ." They asked him, "Then who are you? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" He answered, "No." Finally they said, "Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?" John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, "I am the voice of one calling in the desert, 'Make straight the way for the Lord.'" ~~John 1: 19-23

And What About Those Other Guys?

In Days of Elijah, other Old Testament figures are mentioned.

• Moses, who restored righteousness to the people of Israel by reintroducing them to relationship with God and who established, by God’s finger, the law that would serve as a covenant between Him and them.
• Ezekiel, who prophesized over a valley of dry bones, and watched as God brought them together — bone to bone — and then filled in with tendons and flesh and, finally, breath. God declares to Ezekiel that, like the bones, his people Israel will be restored as a nation and as His people.
• David, the developer (though not the builder) of the first temple in Jerusalem, never-the-less returned the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem. But David’s “temple of praise,” as stated in Days of Elijah, is the temple inside you and me, where the Holy Spirit dwells.

“But if you just understand that the line in the song refers to praise and worship before the presence of God just like David enjoyed, then that's all there needs to be to it,” writes Robin Mark in an excerpted e-article from Worship Leader Magazine.

Sing On!

The next time you are in a worship service and are singing the now wildly popular Days of Elijah; think about what you are saying… and what you are willing to do.

Are you ready to gather in the harvest? Are you ready to shout, “Prepare ye the way of the Lord!”?

Eva Marie Everson is the author of a number of works such as Oasis, her recently released title from Baker/Revel. A seminary graduate, she speaks on a number of topics and can be reached by going to: www.EvaMarieEverson.com