There was a drought (no rain) in the land for three years. God told Elijah to go see King Ahab and tell him I will send rain on the land. Ahab was an evil King who did not love God or worship him and because of that, many of the people of Israel were led away from the worship of the true God.

Elijah bravely asked the king to gather all the people together at Mount Carmel for a contest to see whose god was real. 450 prophets of the false god, Baal and 400 prophets of Asherah, also attended. Elijah asked the prophets of Baal to build altars to their “gods”. The “god” that made fire appear would be the real god. The prophets prayed and chanted all day, but they could not get their “gods” to send fire down to burn the sacrifices on their altars. Finally, Elijah had his altar soaked in water and then prayed to the Lord to send fire. Fire immediately burned the sacrifice, the wood, stones, soil and even the water that had overflowed into the ditches around the altar.

When all the people saw this, they fell on their faces and cried, "The Lord, He is God! The Lord, He is God!" After this miracle, rain also came to end the drought.

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Which God do you follow? Why?

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Adapted from missionbibleclass.org