1 Kings 18:44

A little cloud. This cloud was to Elijah the token of divine favor. He ceased his prayer. There was other work to do. He gave directions to his servant to be passed on to Ahab. Quickly the king was to be on his way. Elijah did not wait for the heavens to gather blackness; he acted on the first indication that his prayer had been heard. The world today needs men with the faith of Elijah. The work of God will be finished by men who work in the spirit and power of this prophet of old. To them heaven will be very near as they go forth in faith to battle against the hosts of evil. Multitudes will turn from a worship of the gods of this world to the Lord who made heaven and earth. Upon humble men and women everywhere the Spirit of God will fall (Joel 2:28, 29), enabling them to do in their sphere what Elijah did in his.

God’s hand is not shortened that it cannot save. God is as powerful, as willing, to grant victories today as He was in the days of Elijah. When God’s people come to the place where they have the same spirit as Elijah had, when they are as earnest, as active, as courageous, as willing to persevere in prayer, as dauntless in the face of danger, and as eager to answer the calls of the Lord, then God’s work will quickly be finished and Jesus will return to receive His own.