1st Kings 17:1 And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
An example of the type of reformation and revival being referred to, took place in the days of Elijah, when the nation of Israel had become withered spiritually, under the reign of Ahab and Jezebel. In those days, God’s people had become blinded by the worship of false gods, and, before a reformation could be instituted a revival in the hearts and minds of the people was needed.
At this point we must reiterate that this is one of the side effects of bowing to idols, for doing so is inevitably going to produce spiritual blindness, by which persons lose the ability to discern between right and wrong, good and evil. In those days of Elijah, the worship of Baal had now supplanted the worship of the true God, and Baal was being credited with sending the rain in its due season.
This is how far and how low, the bowing to idols can take persons. Thus, the reasons for the needed revival must now be clearly demonstrated by God, as He would point out the root cause of the problem, and by doing so, the follies of idol worship would be exposed.
1st Kings 18:1 And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth. 2 And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!