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seeing Elijah, exclaimed, “Have you found me, oh
my enemy!”(1 Kings 21:20), and Elijah replied,
“Yes, I’ve found you, for you are the enemy of
Israel. You have sold yourself to work evil in the
sight of the Lord!” (1 Kings 21:20). Elijah could
speak with such boldness because he was inspired
by the Spirit of the Lord.
When God called Moses and sent him to
Pharaoh with the message: “Let my people go!”
he didn’t think he could do it, and he started giving
God excuses. But God’s grace prevailed and the
Spirit of the Lord came upon him. It wasn’t the
signs God showed Moses that gave him boldness
to go before Pharaoh as much as the Spirit of the
Lord that came upon him.
When he got to Pharaoh’s palace, he said,
“Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let My people
go!”
Pharaoh sneered, “Who is your God?” But
that was the worst he could do. He couldn’t order
Moses’ summary execution, which normally
would have been his immediate response to such