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1Kings 18:7-16

The Word of God is God. The Spirit of God is also God. God is God and He alone is the true God. What do you want to call Him: the Word of God, GodÕs voice or the Spirit of the Lord? It is important to have relationship with Him, to know and to acknowledge Him as God. After Elijah had spoken for the rain and dew to cease, it was the Word of God that came to him. The Word came and directed him to get away from where he was. The Word directed Elijah to go and hide by the Brook Cherith, which flows into the Jordan (1Kings 17:2-3). When it was time for Elijah to move to a new ground in times of challenges, it was also the Word of the Lord that came to get him. It is stated in 1 Kings 17:8, ÒThen the word of the LORD came to him, saying, 9 ÒArise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. See, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you.Ó The Word of God was all that Elijah needed to receive in taking all the necessary steps that would carry him to where the Lord had a place for him. It was the Word that carried him to meet with Obadiah when he was being vigorously sought for by Ahab and Obadiah. Elijah requested Obadiah to go and let Ahab know of his whereabouts. Obadiah responded in 1 Kings 18:12, ÒAnd it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of the LORD will carry you to a place I do not know; so when I do and tell Ahab, and he cannot find you, he will kill me. But I your servant have feared the LORD from my youth.Ó  The point here is that Obadiah recognized the Word that was carrying Elijah as the Spirit of the LORD. How do you recognize Him? When the Word or the Spirit of God begins to carry you, no weapon formed against you shall prosper and when they look for you to terminate you, they will not be able to locate you. Ask God for His Word to sound in your direction for your deliverance.