I am using the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading. I had been using One Year Bible Online, but it was time for a change.

Today, I am reading and commenting on 1 Kings 18-19.

    I am always struck by how the worship practices of the prophets of Baal were designed to stir up the emotions. They shouted and sang and danced. They worked themselves into a frenzy. They put on quite a show. One which under normal circumstances would have drawn the people in. However, this was not normal circumstances. Elijah had called on the people to choose which god they would follow, Baal or God?

    The other thing that always strikes me when I read this passage is that it is time for Christians to choose whether they will serve the gods of our culture or the God of the Bible. All too many of us are serving both…all too many of us do not even see the conflict between the two. Worshiping God is not about entering into a frenzy.